<facepalm> Just kidding; thanks for the link. :) Bob
On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:59 PM, WereSpielChequers < werespielchequ...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are reams of postings on this in the Foundation mailing list. > > foundation-l mailing list > foundatio...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > May I suggest that anyone who wants to follow this one signs up to > Foundation, if only for the current discussion? I'm not trying to squash > discussion here, but if people do discuss it here without reading the posts > by the Italians, by Sue and many others on Foundation then I suspect a > fair > amount will be repetition and explanation of what has been said on > Foundation. > > WereSpielChequers > > > On 5 October 2011 18:48, Rob Schnautz <bobthewikiped...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Woah. I just checked it.wikipedia.org because it sounded like a > > hoax...it's > > real. Does the law apply to website providers or to those who contribute > to > > the website? If it's the former, you're right; Wikipedia is in Florida. > But > > if it's the latter, then Wikipedia is most certainly affected by the law. > > > > Unfortunate indeed. > > > > Bob > > > > On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 7:40 AM, Daniel R. Tobias <d...@tobias.name> > wrote: > > > > > There have been a bunch of items in my Twitter feed about how the > > > Italian Wikipedia has shut down in response to a proposed repressive > > > law regarding mandatory takedowns of allegedly defamatory online > > > material in Italy. I have some problems with such a move, as it sets > > > a precedent of having a particular language edition of Wikipedia tied > > > to an uncomfortable degree with the politics of one country just > > > because that's the primary place the language is spoken. It's always > > > been true that the separate editions of Wikipedia are by language, > > > not country. The Chinese Wikipedia keeps operating despite the > > > repressive censorship of China, and if that country chooses to block > > > it, that's their problem. English Wikipedia doesn't belong to > > > England, or America, or any other English-speaking country, though > > > the fact that the primary servers are in the USA does force it to > > > comply to U.S. law. > > > > > > Unless there are servers in Italy, the Italian Wikipedia isn't > > > compelled to follow any Italian law, though there could be > > > consequences for any Italy-based participants if they don't, > > > including the possibility of individuals there being held responsible > > > for what they write or fail to take down, or possible mandatory > > > blockage of the site in that country if they choose to go the "Great > > > Firewall" route. > > > > > > I remember the German Wikipedia being affected at one point by a > > > court injunction, but that only shut down a redirected .de domain, > > > not the site itself as a subdomain of US-registered wikipedia.org. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > == 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
