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alecmconroy at gmail

Jun 22, 2011, 11:54 PM

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> I imagine that having non-US GLAMs undersand that the foundation wants
> to be able to ignore what they regard as their more legitimate
> copyright claims will be really helpful.

It's not about ignoring legitimate copyright claims-- we can always
decide for ourselves what is a legitimate copyright claim for
WMF-hosted projects. We can recognize claims even if we are not
required to do so under US law-- but we can't go the other way-- if
the US law says no, we can't host it. If this case goes the wrong
way, it's possible that the congress will force all US citizens and
organizations to recognize illegitimate copyright claims.

Remember that in the US law, copyright isn't a 'god-given-right' or
anything like free speech or right to property, or even right to
privacy- Copyright isn't a 'right'-- it's just a government granted
monopoly intended exclusively to achieve a pragmatic end--
incentivizing creation. The nation's judicial branch has a
legitimate question that's gone all the way to the supreme court--
precisely how should copyright laws be interpreted in the internet
age?

Of course the non-profits are right to share their analysis with the
US supreme court. It's not as if they're actually deciding the
case-- they're just contributing to the discussion with the US Supreme
Court, sharing their best guess about what their lawyers believe the
correct answer is..

Alec

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Subject	User	Time
Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	gbrigham at wikimedia	Jun 22, 2011, 11:40 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	george.herbert at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 12:15 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	dgerard at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 1:00 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	lugusto at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 1:04 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	jim at scrubnugget	Jun 22, 2011, 1:48 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	alecmconroy at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 6:24 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	sgardner at wikimedia	Jun 22, 2011, 7:09 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 7:16 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	alecmconroy at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 11:54 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 7:39 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	dgerard at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 8:09 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 8:17 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	dgerard at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 11:38 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 12:02 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	rkaldari at wikimedia	Jun 23, 2011, 12:23 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	wing.philopp at gmx	Jun 22, 2011, 12:23 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	kat at mindspillage	Jun 22, 2011, 12:25 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	shlomif at shlomifish	Jun 22, 2011, 1:29 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	lodewijk at effeietsanders	Jun 22, 2011, 1:14 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	dgerard at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 2:02 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	mnemonic at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 2:15 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 22, 2011, 7:13 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	alecmconroy at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 12:47 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	tom at tommorris	Jun 23, 2011, 1:33 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 7:46 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	rkaldari at wikimedia	Jun 23, 2011, 10:40 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	geniice at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 11:09 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	teun.spaans at gmail	Jun 23, 2011, 1:01 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	rkaldari at wikimedia	Jun 23, 2011, 3:02 PM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	teun.spaans at gmail	Jun 24, 2011, 2:07 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	andreengels at gmail	Jun 24, 2011, 7:59 AM
Re: Amicus Brief Filed in Golan v. Holder: Fighting for the Public Domain	rkaldari at wikimedia	Jun 24, 2011, 10:03 AM

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