Comments on: Wikipedia and the courts http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/ Covering law and the Internet since 2005. Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:39:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: yclipse http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-7 yclipse Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:23:49 +0000 http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-7 For factual matters regarding things that are not central to the issue and not reasonably in dispute, why not? For factual matters regarding things that are not central to the issue and not reasonably in dispute, why not?

]]> By: Colette http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-6 Colette Thu, 15 Dec 2005 22:42:03 +0000 http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-6 That's interesting. I've noticed parties citing to wikipedia in briefs and elsewhere too, and while some wikipedia pages provide a wealth of useful information, I don't see how the courts can legitimately rely on it as factual for most purposes. This reminds me a bit of my former patent litigation experience and the use of dictionary definitions by courts in claim construction. That’s interesting. I’ve noticed parties citing to wikipedia in briefs and elsewhere too, and while some wikipedia pages provide a wealth of useful information, I don’t see how the courts can legitimately rely on it as factual for most purposes. This reminds me a bit of my former patent litigation experience and the use of dictionary definitions by courts in claim construction.

]]> By: Frolic http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-5 Frolic Thu, 15 Dec 2005 15:59:47 +0000 http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-5 Yikes, that's really scary. It shows what a poor job colleges are doing teaching kids how to be skeptical about internet sources. They form these bad habits as undergrad and then carry them on to their clerkships. Yikes, that’s really scary. It shows what a poor job colleges are doing teaching kids how to be skeptical about internet sources. They form these bad habits as undergrad and then carry them on to their clerkships.

]]> By: Mathias Schindler http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-4 Mathias Schindler Thu, 15 Dec 2005 11:36:59 +0000 http://blog.internetcases.com/2005/12/13/wikipedia-and-the-courts/#comment-4 Hi, did you already know <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_as_a_court_source" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_as_a_court_source</a> this wikipedia page for citations in court? The site is pretty much outdated. I was most astonished by the two supreme court rulings (03-0932 and 04-480) Hi, did you already know http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_as_a_court_source this wikipedia page for citations in court? The site is pretty much outdated.

I was most astonished by the two supreme court rulings (03-0932 and 04-480)

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