Silliness in Washington

[unixronin]

It appears the FBI sent Wikipedia a cease-and-desist letter for displaying an image of the FBI seal on the Wikipedia main article page about the FBI, citing a law intended to prohibit use of the Seal for profit or for misrepresentation of identity.

It also appears that Wikipedia's response was appropriately snarky.

(Via rosencrantz23)

Comments

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

Wikimedia's general counsel, Michael Godwin....

*blink*

Is that *the* Mike Godwin?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I have no idea.

[lblanchard.livejournal.com]

*google* *google* *google*

Hee. It is indeed *the* Mike Godwin of Godwin's Law fame:

http://www.onenewspage.com/news/Technology/20100803/13689354/Wikipedia-lawyer-Godwin-schools-FBI-on-the-law.htm

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

He's a good speaker, too -- I got to see him once at the UT College of Law on copyright and intellectual property. (I'm not a lawyer or a law student, but I work at UT and the lecture was open to the public.)