When Wikipedia Displays the FBI Seal…
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
by Tavis J. Hampton
…the terrorists win.
“The Federal Bureau of Investigation has demanded that Wikipedia stop using the FBI seal in articles on the online encyclopedia, or face possible legal action.
According to a letter dated July 28, FBI lawyer David C. Larson said the site is using the seal without permission from the director of the agency, as required by law. Larson sent the letter to the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns the site.”
Source: Information Week
About the author: Tavis J. Hampton is a librarian and freelance writer from Indianapolis, Indiana. He is an avid user of free and open source software and strongly believes that software and knowledge should be free and accessible to all people. He enjoys reading, writing, teaching, spending time with his family, and playing with gadgets. Read more from this authorNo related posts.
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