QUOTE(Grep @ Sat 11th July 2009, 5:05pm)
Does Dcoetzee really think WMF will pay for his legal costs? All support short of actual help would be my prediction.
Another good question: if Dcoetzee decides he doesn't want to take the risk and (say) enters into a settlement with the NPG that says everyone walks away on the precondition the pictures must come down, then how does he get the WMF to follow along? We can take it as a given that ninnies like David Gerard will refuse a request for deletion "out of principle".
But then again, maybe the WMF likes Dcoetzee, or maybe even they realize the significant damage to image (or any other) contributions by allowing an editor to hang out to dry like this, and would take them down.
But suppose the WMF, for some reason, hated Dcoetzee? About the only recourse he would have would be to sue the WMF, which would effectively double his costs, aggravation, and loss of sleep. Of course, this would result in him being indefinitely blocked by GWH -- legal threats and all that.
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