[WikiEN-l] Legal threats as grounds for automatic termination

Tue Jun 15 19:07:58 UTC 2004

I don't think that it's a question of what the Foundation has the legal 
right to do.  Most of these "threats" of legal action are just a matter 
of blowing off steam.  Many of these "disputes" don't come near to being 
a part of arbitration procedure. Do you really want to make more work 
for yourself than you already have? :-)

Ec

Fred Bauder wrote:

>What I want to do is to create an agreement that all disputes will be
>handled through our arbitration procedure, thus precluding any legal action
>other than possible appeal of an arbitration decision.  I don't think folks
>realize that we can legally do that.
>
>Fred
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>>From: Ray Saintonge
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>>Mark Pellegrini wrote:
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>>>At this point, it's only a proposal. Also, it doesn't actually *do*
>>>anything. I'd like to suggest adopting a terminate-on-site rule -- you make
>>>a legal threat, and you're automatically banned. I'd like to know what
>>>others here think.
>>>
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>>We already have enough excuses for banning people.  We don't need
>>another one.  These threats are almost always hollow.
>>
>>My response to legal threats is, "Go ahead and sue."  When the person
>>finds out what's involved in bringing forth a suit across international
>>jurisdictions they quietly drop the whole thing.
>>
>>This is another variation of, "Don't feed the trolls."
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