On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:39 PM, Sage Ross <ragesoss+wikipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Italian Wikimedians are reporting that Wikimedia Italia (the Italian > local chapter) and former chapter president (and former Wikimedia > board member) Frieda Brioschi are being sued for an outrageous sum > over alleged defamation in a (now-deleted) biography on Italian > Wikipedia: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Gianfranco/Wikimedia_Italia_sued_for_20,000,000_%E2%82%AC > > -Sage >
Interesting. Although the Italian media also reported that I (and Jimbo and various others) was being sued for 50 million euros, and I haven't seen that lawsuit yet. If the edits in question were made during a time when Frieda was on the Board of the Wikimedia Foundation (and even if not), I wonder if the WMF will contribute to her legal expenses. And if the case moves forward, I would very much hope that Wikimedia Italia makes an announcement on how to contribute to its legal defense fund (assuming it does not declare bankruptcy/dissolve based on liability alone). Nathan _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
