[Wikimedia-l] Board resolution inviting Barry Newstead to join the Advisory Board

Dear all, The Board of Trustees has unanimously approved a resolution inviting Barry Newstead to join the Advisory Board for a term ending 31 December 2013. The resolution is published at:http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Resolution:Advisory_board_-_Barry_Newstead Best Bishakha ___

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 09/11/12 4:29 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: No comment on whether they *can* prove this as I haven't seen the email in question, or the other evidence. But on the face of it there may be some case to answer. A response from the defendants may clear up the matter. Seeing as the intent is to replace

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

The more interesting legal line: 1) Does IB believe there is a legal basis that members of the public (in the absence of contractual obligation) cannot consider where they and their fellow hobbyists want to engage in a hobbyisyt activity, be it drinking beer, discussing philosophy, playing cards,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

One possibility lies within their terms of use: "If you're not interested in our goals, or if you agree with our goals but refuse to collaborate, compromise, reach consensusor make concessions with other Wikitravellers, we ask that you not use this Web

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

FT2, 12/09/2012 11:13: 1) Does IB believe there is a legal basis that members of the public (in the absence of contractual obligation) cannot consider where they and their fellow hobbyists want to engage in a hobbyisyt activity, be it drinking beer, discussing philosophy, playing cards, or writin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 12 September 2012 08:45, Ray Saintonge wrote: > Also from Para 1, how can a person violate a contract without being a party > to it? That's what tortuous interference is all about. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortious_interference ___ Wikimed

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

To tackle both these at once: *@Deryck Chan, three trivial rebuttals: * 1. WT's "mission" is stated clearly, "*Wikitravel is a project to create a free, complete, up-to-date and reliable world-wide travel guide".* I don't see any of the parties that are proposing or wishing to fork, not

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

FT2, 12/09/2012 13:09: 2. A clerk is an employee with a contractual obligation of loyalty. Nobody is suggesting that is the case here, or an IB staffer was involved. Nobody except IB of course. Deryck Chan, 12/09/2012 12:42: > I'm glad that WMF has decided to file a counter-suit and he

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

Of course; if a member of the local Muslim community put on a fake uniform for the shop in question, and stood outside handing out leaflets about the better place... that would be a problem. This is what IB appear to be alleging. All of these metaphor, however, are very interesting; but not reall

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 12 September 2012 12:27, Thomas Morton wrote: > [...] fortunately courts do not rely on metaphors :) > > Tom > Oh they do. That's precisely what case law is. Inaccurate metaphors are the reason that courts worldwide have a ridiculous view on what constitutes a copyright violation. Deryck

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 12 September 2012 12:29, Deryck Chan wrote: > On 12 September 2012 12:27, Thomas Morton >wrote: > > > [...] fortunately courts do not rely on metaphors :) > > > > Tom > > > > Oh they do. That's precisely what case law is. Inaccurate metaphors are the > reason that courts worldwide have a ridi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

*@Nemo: *IB haven't claimed an IB insider broke their contract with IB in any of this. Agree "+1" as well :) *@Tom:* Case law is all about analogous situations so these matter very much. The side-suggestion you make is more about tortious deception (I pretend to be an employee or official repres

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 12 September 2012 12:34, FT2 wrote: > *@Tom:* Case law is all about analogous situations so these matter very > much. > The side-suggestion you make is more about tortious deception (I pretend to > be an employee or official representative of someone, or pretend not to > be), but that's not a

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

It would probably be hard to sustain a claim of deceit. As best I can tell, long before any wider discussion, all roles were clear or known. The email cited by IB clearly itself attempts to ensure roles and principals are not mistaken. The test of deceit would be whether persons who are or have

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Survey, Feedback requested, and Office Hour

Hey So I might have missed some mails on this thread (perhaps because they were not posted on this public list) but I highly doubt that Sue perform surveys that do not have a real-world impact on our operations. I know that the results of the previous surveys were used in several discussions (i

[Wikimedia-l] [Commons-l] Getting corporate representatives to donate photos

I just posted this to commons-l: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/commons-l/2012-September/006660.html Please answer on that list if you have ideas :-) - d. ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

The foundation of the IB suit seems to be that they feel without their present community, they cannot sustain their content and product. They feel that their website is being stolen, and stolen by a conspiracy with the WMF involved. This is a valid assumption, but it is *just an assumption. *I d

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Keegan Peterzell wrote: > This is a valid assumption, but it is *just an assumption.* By this I mean a point of view reading of the context on their side. It's not correct, in my perspective. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan __

[Wikimedia-l] commons promotion

Hey So I had a great time handing out flyers for the Wiki takes Gouda promotion last weekend. We quickly learned to look for people with camera's or camera bags and target them with flyers. Since then I have been walking around and have noticed how many people walk around with a semi profession