Thomas Dalton wrote: > 2009/4/26 Ray Saintonge: > >> The matters of principle in the Jacobsen v. Katzer appear to have been >> decided for the moment, but the denial of a preliminary injunction >> suggests that the practicalities are far from clear. While it's true >> enough that someone may have standing to sue with respect to most >> Wikipedia articles, how would it be worth their while? >> >> Remember that pre-registration is still a requirement for a plaintiff >> who wants statutory damages or a recovery of legal costs. Without >> pre-registration he may get injunctive relief, and only recover actual >> damages. >> > People don't edit Wikipedia for the money, they do it because they > think it is a worthy cause. If they were going to sue it would be to > further that cause - injunctive relief being the desired outcome. > Monetary damages would serve as a deterrent but, as you say, it would > probably be difficult to get any under US law. Of course, there is > nothing that says you have to sue in the US. > People who edit for altruistic reasons are only rarely in a position to mount an expensive legal case when the best possible outcome is limited to injunctive relief with no possibility of recovering legal costs.
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