You probably heard about the threat of a lawsuit from Wikimedia on Wikipedia Art by now, but just in case:
Here’s how we went public, on EFF:
Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use
Here’s the legal history on our site.
And it exploded, of course, when it got slashdotted.
I urge readers to make their own judgments via the legal history – especially the correspondence that followed their initial letter – rather than taking Wikimedia counsel at their word about the gentleness of their approach to us regarding this issue.
A few more reads on…
Ars Technica
Free Culture News
NeoSeeker
Geniosity
TechDirt
And there’s much more out there now. This piece was always meant to be formed by the public, made through writing and citation, activation and feedback. It’s turning out to be quite a performance.
