[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

Fri Nov 11 17:37:00 UTC 2005

--- Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron at gmail.com> wrote:
> The means of this accreditation has nothing to do with it : a press 
> accreditation is a press accreditation. Whether it is community-based or 
> centralized. The Foundation will be described as a press editor 
> accreditating its members, with all the implied obligations within !
> 
> The Foundation could argue against it, but I don't know whose story a 
> judge would buy !
> 
> And from my legal point of view there is much opportunity that the 
> Foundation would be found liable.

I don't understand how a community run process to issue press badges can
implicate the foundation as an editor. The *only* part I'd like the foundation
to play is to give permission to use the Wikinews mark and logo on the badges.
The foundation would play no part in selecting who gets the badges (if needed
it could even not be responsible for ever revoking any badge rights if that is
deemed necessary to keep the foundation legally safe). 

Are you saying that the foundation should play no part whatsoever in the badge
giving process, for that process to change its name and add all kinds of
disclaimers, and/or for the whole thing to be stopped completely? 

If the foundation is responsible for the acts of its editors in this case, then
what about other cases such a liable and slander? 

-- mav

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