[Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread David Gerard
http://newteevee.com/2009/04/20/achtung-youtube-germany-proposes-federal-id-checks-for-online-video-sites/ German readers - how much of a danger is this? Is Commons enough of a video site? - d. ___ foundation-l mailing list

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/23 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: http://newteevee.com/2009/04/20/achtung-youtube-germany-proposes-federal-id-checks-for-online-video-sites/ German readers - how much of a danger is this? Is Commons enough of a video site? Commons isn't a German site, so I don't see a problem. The WMF

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany {{citation needed}} Sebastian

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread David Gerard
2009/4/23 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: Commons isn't a German site, so I don't see a problem. The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany. The article mentions a plan to force

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/4/23 David Gerard dger...@gmail.com: 2009/4/23 Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com: Commons isn't a German site, so I don't see a problem. The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread David Gerard
2009/4/23 Sebastian Moleski seb...@gmail.com: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:30 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ... The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany {{citation

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Ian A. Holton
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:51 AM, syr...@gmx.de wrote: On Thu, 2009-04-23 at 07:51:27 GMT, David Gerard wrote: http://newteevee.com/2009/04/20/achtung-youtube-germany-proposes-federal-id-checks-for-online-video-sites/ German readers - how much of a danger is this? Is Commons enough of a

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Sebastian Moleski
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ...The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater to the laws of every country in the world - that includes Germany {{citation needed}} What do want a citation for, the WMF

Re: [Foundation-l] ID requirements proposed for Germans using video sites

2009-04-23 Thread Mark Williamson
I think he was joking. I got a pretty nice laugh out of that. skype: node.ue 2009/4/23 Sebastian Moleski seb...@gmail.com: On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 6:44 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: ...The WMF has always said that it intends to follow US law only and not try and cater