[Foundation-l] Wikinews is giving out press credentials

Fri Nov 11 17:42:19 UTC 2005

--- Daniel Mayer <maveric149 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> --- 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

argh 

s/liable/libel 

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