Obrigada Beria. Não entendi o que ele disse. Obrigada se alguém puder explicar.
Gabi
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De: Béria Lima <[email protected]>
Para: Gabriela Cortês <[email protected]>; Lista de emails da
Wikimedia Brasil. <[email protected]>
Enviadas: Sábado, 1 de Dezembro de 2012 14:19
Assunto: Re: [Wikimedia Brasil] Statement from WMF General Counsel
O pessoal tava reclamando que a WMF não tava ajudando o Chico (que tava a ser
investigado pela PF a pedido do Gilmar Mendes)
Essa ai é a resposta do advogado da WMF
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Béria Lima
Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre
acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse
sonho.
On 1 December 2012 13:09, Gabriela Cortês <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>________________________________
> De: Ricardo Navalha <[email protected]>
>Para: [email protected]
>Enviadas: Sábado, 1 de Dezembro de 2012 12:42
>Assunto: [Wikimedia Brasil] Statement from WMF General Counsel
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>I want to thank the Portuguese Wikipedia community in Brazil for their hard
>work as Wikimedians and especially their dedication to and passion for the
>free distribution of truthful information. Like other projects, Portuguese
>Wikipedia represents an amazing collaboration and building of an encyclopedia
>that will survive for many ages. You share in the honor of constructing
>something great for the benefit of others.
>Although I am not a Portuguese Wikimedian, if I may say so, I am a bit
>concerned about seeing the situation in Brazil on Portuguese Wikipedia
>somewhat escalating. May I please suggest consideration of calm and restraint
>in deciding how the community responds to the situation.
>At the Foundation, we have no tolerance for censorship of truthful
>information. Because of legal ethical rules that apply in the United States,
>however, my legal team may represent only the Foundation, not community
>members unfortunately. Nevertheless, with a clear understanding that we are
>not the lawyers for those members, we often help support them with our
>extensive global experience when the members are faced with serious
>unjustified threats. In doing so, of course, we rely on the community to
>follow its own policies, such as NPOV, and to take the necessary steps to
>ensure that contributions are factual, legal, and non-infringing. As set out
>in our terms of use , WMF does not control or influence the content
>contributed by community members.
>In the case of the investigation that has involved one of the members of the
>community, we fear there is a misunderstanding since we are genuinely
>surprised by the summaries that have been provided to us. Although we may be
>mistaken, we actually thought WMF acted quite appropriately in this case with
>a close focus on the issue. Although I prefer not to go into too much detail
>given the ongoing matter, as I understand, the Wikimedian approached us when
>he received an apparent request to appear for questioning as part of an
>investigation. At that time, at our expense, one of my most senior attorneys
>at WMF contacted legal counsel in Brazil to seek a better understanding of the
>risks. Legal counsel advised us about the case in detail, suggesting that,
>under the circumstances, the risk should be relatively low if certain things
>(as we understood them) were in fact so. It appeared to us that the Wikimedian
>agreed. We nevertheless cautioned that the
Wikimedian attend any meeting with police officials with legal representation
to ensure his rights were adequately protected against unjustified claims.
>At that time, there were preliminary inquiries as to whether the Foundation
>would pay for legal counsel. Under the Legal Fees Assistance Program and
>the Defense of Contributors policy, certain threshold criteria must normally
>be met. One such criterion is that the user must usually be named as a
>defendant in a legal action, which was not so here. We nevertheless were in
>close contact with the Wikimedian as we saw it. If the investigation had
>escalated, we would have reassessed the need for additional support.
>In a later update, we understood that the Wikimedian had obtained legal
>counsel and that the two attended a productive meeting with the investigator.
>We also had our Brazilian legal counsel review certain investigation
>documents, which confirmed our assessment.
>There was a request that WMF staff members be interviewed on the community
>policies applicable to Portuguese Wikipedia. As a general matter, we are not
>familiar with the policies applicable to Portuguese Wikipedia. We suggested
>that the Portuguese community play a role in this regard.
>We were watching the situation closely and providing guidance where we were
>able. We care deeply about our community, and, in cases of serious unjustified
>allegations, we seek to help support the community. Indeed, these types of
>cases are not uncommon. Experienced in international matters, we are
>constantly involved in rebutting unjustified allegations worldwide, and, if I
>may say so, we are often successful at it.
>Again I believe that the community should not aggravate the situation to avoid
>misunderstandings or misperceptions which may unjustly expose community
>members to unfounded legal threats. For this reason, I reiterate my
>recommendation of consideration of calm and restraint in assessing and
>responding to the situation.
>Thank you for your genuine concern about free expression and your indignation
>against unjust censorship. Thank you for collecting and developing educational
>content under a free license or in the public domain for the benefit of the
>world.
>With warm regards,
>Geoffbrigham
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