Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 10/01/11 5:36 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Elias Gabriel Amaral da Silva tolkiend...@gmail.com wrote: In practical terms, what they can do? Wikipedia is hosted in US. Therefore, for a successful takedown, the museum must sue in US. Well, for one thing, they could sue

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread Anthony
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 4:55 AM, Ray Saintonge sainto...@telus.net wrote: On 10/01/11 5:36 AM, Anthony wrote: On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Elias Gabriel Amaral da Silva tolkiend...@gmail.com  wrote: In practical terms, what they can do? Wikipedia is hosted in US. Therefore, for a successful

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread Ryan Kaldari
I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments, even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize sweat of the brow and requires a minimal degree of originality to claim copyright.[1][2] The Israeli Supreme Court did declare that a transcription of the Dead Sea Scrolls

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 10/03/11 11:34 AM, Ryan Kaldari wrote: I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments, even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize sweat of the brow and requires a minimal degree of originality to claim copyright.[1][2] Then it is a question of fact. Do these

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread John Vandenberg
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Ryan Kaldari rkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments, even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize sweat of the brow and requires a minimal degree of originality to claim copyright.[1][2] Does it

Re: [Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-03 Thread Ryan Kaldari
On 10/3/11 4:36 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Ryan Kaldarirkald...@wikimedia.org wrote: I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments, even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize sweat of the brow and requires a minimal degree of

Re: [Foundation-l] Blog from Sue about censorship, editorial judgement, and image filters

2011-10-03 Thread Ev. Jorgen.
(Not because they actually do want it but don't have the resources. Not because it is hard for an external body to do but might be easier for the WMF to do. No, those aren't possible at all.) Well, given that an image filter is a technically easy proposition, no, its not because of lack of