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 German ISPs to block > illegal sites, but that seems to be just to do with child pornography, > similar to the IWF blacklist in the UK (but done officially, so it > might actually be accountable). It seems unlikely to me that Germany > would block access to non-child porn foreign sites until this law, > people would immeadiately start comparing it to China and I doubt they > want that.
Heh. You do realise a lot of the Commons copyright rules started as the intersection of US and German law? That's why there's quite a lot of Commons admins from de:wp. In any case, us saying (in diplomatic wording) "don't be silly" would probably carry a lot of weight. - d. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
