Wikipedia Wins Defamation Case

Raul654 writes "Yesterday, a French judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Wikimedia Foundation for defamation. The judge found that 'Web site hosts cannot be liable under civil law because of information stored on them if they do not in fact know of their illicit nature.' According to the inquirer: 'Three plaintiffs were each seeking 69,000 euros ($100,000) in damages for invasion of their privacy after their homosexuality was revealed on the website.'"

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Correction

[LiquidCoooled]

A correction has been posted:

'Three plaintiffs were each seeking 69,000,000 euros ($100,000,000) in damages for invasion of their privacy after their homosexuality was revealed on the website.'"

Re:Correction

[WrongMonkey]

A correction has been posted (to correct for currency devaluation):

'Three plaintiffs were each seeking 69,000 euros ($100,000,000) in damages for invasion of their privacy after their homosexuality was revealed on the website.'

Deh-fah-may-schon

[Anonymous Coward]

Bet the judge went back to his chamber, looked up what 'defamation' is on wikipedia, and came out and made his ruling...

Irony

[Nairanvac]

Anyone else find it ironic that they all sued for 69,000 euros?