Hello, 2011/2/26 Bishakha Datta <bishakhada...@gmail.com>: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Theo10011 <de10...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Ask any OTRS volunteer about threats like these, this is nothing compared >> to the threats we get on a daily basis. > > What are the kinds of threats OTRS volunteers get? Just curious.
I am not an OTRS volunteer, but in April 2010 I got a real threat because of my work on Wikisource. Gallimard, one of the biggest and most famous French publisher, sent me a registered letter (yes, here in India!) threatening to sue me if the texts it claims a copyright on were not quickly deleted. It also sent the same to the Wikimedia Foundation. The texts were deleted after a request by Mike Godwin, WMF lawyer. I made a counter-notice and the texts were undeleted in June 2010. Gallimard found my IRL address on Facebook, as I have a link to my Facebook profile on my Wikisource home page. The deleted texts are copyrighted in France, but not in USA, and not in India, so there are legally hosted by the WMF in USA, and I am legally entitled to publish them on Wikisource, as a resident in India. In fact, I expected Gallimard to try to sue me in France, which would not have much real effect on Wikisource, but would be quite annoying for me if I go back to France. But I never received any news from the publisher after I sent them a letter saying that they business model is outdated, and they should find better way to promote French literature. > Bishakha Regards, Yann _______________________________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
