On 26 Apr 2009 at 09:24:54 -0700 (PDT), Ken Arromdee wrote: > >From the Foundation-L post: > > >we sent a letter to > >Wikipedia Art that was aimed, not to threaten legal action, but to outline > >what our legal concerns were, and to try to begin a negotiation to resolve > >the matter amicably -- ideally by switching the domain name over to us, but > >not by requiring any content changes on their site at all. > > This is disingenuous. A letter sent by a law firm "to outline our legal > concerns" which uses legal language and tells a site that they will settle > matters amicably if they meet a demand is a legal threat. It may not actually > include the words "or we will sue you", but trying to spin it as not being a > legal threat is absurd.
It certainly would be interpreted as one if it were something written on-wiki by somebody an admin wanted to ban under the WP:NLT policy. -- == Dan == Dan's Mail Format Site: http://mailformat.dan.info/ Dan's Web Tips: http://webtips.dan.info/ Dan's Domain Site: http://domains.dan.info/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l