Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Ray Saintonge
On 10/05/11 11:04 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: Speaking as a citizen of a country with a fairly stringently worded Right of reply law. I don't think it has ever been applied against an encyclopaedia, or a blog or Usenet thread or anything remotely like that. I think it is very cogently only

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Andreas Kolbe, 06/10/2011 02:11: Well, that *is* nuts. Moreover, the 48-hour time period and potential €12,000 fine in the proposed law are nuts (pity the blogger who has gone on a 2-week holiday). Yet that €12,000 fine is not mentioned in the it:WP statement. Being forced to include a

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Thomas Morton, 05/10/2011 00:23: I'm still a little bit confused how this will impact Wikipedia, though. The law seems to be clear in identifying the website owner as the person to contact; which is a US not-for-profit. Which law? And which law speaks of website owner? Anyone can be asked to

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Andreas Kolbe, 05/10/2011 12:49: Even this corrected version does not seem to be right. As I understand the proposed law, the subject would have the right for a statement to be shown, unaltered, on the page (which actually would be possible for Wikipedia to do, via a transcluded and

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Lodewijk
No dia 6 de Outubro de 2011 14:01, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.comescreveu: This doesn't mean that we've misinformed users: prominent jurists agree that the proposed law is absolutely crazy for Wikipedia and other websites; and the community had discussed and assessed the effects of

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Lodewijk, 06/10/2011 14:24: No dia 6 de Outubro de 2011 14:01, Federico Leva (Nemo) escreveu: This doesn't mean that we've misinformed users: prominent jurists agree that the proposed law is absolutely crazy for Wikipedia and other websites; and the community had discussed and assessed the

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-06 Thread Lodewijk
I mean Wikipedia (or websites like Wikipedia) specific. Italian text will have to do - Google translate does miracles :) I think what would be really great is a set of statements/suggestions, so not just by one expert. For one, the Rodotà statement was not exactly what I was looking for at some

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 6:23 On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: John Vandenberg, 05/10/2011 00:16

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Milos Rancic
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:49, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: Even this corrected version does not seem to be right. As I understand the proposed law, the subject would have the right for a statement to be shown, unaltered, on the page (which actually would be possible for Wikipedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Milos Rancic mill...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:49, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: Even this corrected version does not seem to be right. As I understand the proposed law, the subject would have the right for a statement to be shown,

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Jalo
the subject would have the right for a statement to be shown, unaltered, on the page (which actually would be possible for Wikipedia to do, via a transcluded and protected template). I think not. The transcluded template can be deleted from the article, if you don't block the article itself

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Jalo jal...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jalo jal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 5 October, 2011, 12:40

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonav...@gmail.com wrote: From: Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Andrea Zanni
Given that a Wikipedia biography is usually the first google hit to come up for a name, it doesn't actually strike me as *that* ludicrous. What Wikipedia writes about a person reaches more readers today than a New York Times article. As someone else mentioned recently, there is a

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Andreas Kolbe
--- On Wed, 5/10/11, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-05 Thread Jussi-Ville Heiskanen
On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 3:11 AM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Wed, 5/10/11, Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com wrote: From: Andrea Zanni zanni.andre...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I would echo Risker's question: What exactly does the proposed new law say?  Is it that disputed content will have to be *removed* if a request is received, and *replaced* with the BLP subject's statement? Or is it that BLP subjects have the right to ask for a correction to be posted on the

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Thomas Morton
http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori/stampati/pdf/16PDL0038530.pdf Page 24. On 4 October 2011 22:40, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@yahoo.com wrote: I would echo Risker's question: What exactly does the proposed new law say? Is it that disputed content will have to be *removed* if a request is

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Andreas Kolbe, 04/10/2011 23:40: Is it that disputed content will have to be *removed* if a request is received, and *replaced* with the BLP subject's statement? Or is it that BLP subjects have the right to ask for a correction to be posted on the page, *in addition* to the disputed content?

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori/stampati/pdf/16PDL0038530.pdf Is this public domain? If it is, we can put it on Italian Wikisource, annotate it and translate it into other languages. -- John Vandenberg

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Thomas Morton
On 4 October 2011 23:12, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: Andreas Kolbe, 04/10/2011 23:40: Is it that disputed content will have to be *removed* if a request is received, and *replaced* with the BLP subject's statement? Or is it that BLP subjects have the right to ask for a

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
John Vandenberg, 05/10/2011 00:16: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com wrote: http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori/stampati/pdf/16PDL0038530.pdf Is this public domain? If it is, we can put it on Italian Wikisource, annotate it and translate it

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread Andreas Kolbe
: Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say? To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Tuesday, 4 October, 2011, 22:42 http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori

Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

2011-10-04 Thread John Vandenberg
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Federico Leva (Nemo) nemow...@gmail.com wrote: John Vandenberg, 05/10/2011 00:16: On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 8:42 AM, Thomas Morton morton.tho...@googlemail.com  wrote: http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori/stampati/pdf/16PDL0038530.pdf Is this public domain?