Well done, Mike!
I am glad to see Mr Godwin dig in with his strategy of defending the Foundation's right to host all kinds of legitimate content uploaded by web users. His attitude and his legal acumen are good for Wikinews, and good for society (in my own opinion.)
Amen to that!
With its customary dismissal of Wikimedia, The Register teases the FBI by posting a picture of a badge and gun, that it displays with the FBI's permission.
The letter the FBI sent to Wikimedia is a disappointing waste of US taxpayers' money, not to mention that of Wikimedia donors.
But I have to laugh!
I heartily agree, It's an absurd situation, that David Larson ought to be sacked from his post for abuse of authority.
That is going a bit far, Mr Wilson.
CNN called Mr Godwin's reply "whimsical" in style,[1] and I have to agree.
I think Mr Larson deserved the ribbing he got from Mr Godwin, but not the embarrassment of this week's publicity storm. He must feel terrible right now.
Indeed, Mr. Gorilla, perhaps my hyperbolic remarks were a bit too sharp. However I strongly feel that any serious attempt by a law enforcement agency of a major national government to curtail the Internet's free and uncensored access to information that so many of us hold dear, particularly on what are obviously erroneous grounds, should be treated very seriously. I wish no ill whatsoever to Mr. Larson-as counsel to the FBI he is only doing his job-but I sincerely hope that the bad press his agency has received over this has made them think twice about acting upon such authoritarian proclivities
I wholeheartedly agree, this is a ridiculous excuse to exert control over the wikimedia foundation, setting an example that could be followed by even more absurd complaints. props to wiki.
Please, for my peace of mind, please don't call the Foundation "wiki". Wikipedia and Wikinews weren't the first wikis. English Wikipedia started in 2001, but Ward's Wiki predates it by seven years.