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UK Judge Orders Wikipedia To Reveal User's Identity

Posted by timothy on from the firstname-lastname-at-someplace dept.

BoxRec writes with this excerpt from The Daily Mail: "A mother trying to identify a blackmailer who posted 'sensitive' details about her child on Wikipedia has won the right to find out who edited her entry. In the first case of its kind, a High Court judge has ordered the online encyclopedia's parent company to disclose the IP address of one of its registered users."

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  1. Let me be the first to say... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Nothing.

    Because I don't want you to know who I am.

  2. I'm shocked and amazed. by bobdotorg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not by the court's order, but that the Daily Mail actually published a decent, non-sensationalistic article.

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    1. Re:I'm shocked and amazed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      If you think that's weird, check out the comments - they're fairly sensible. I think they must have a problem with their server.

  3. Re:Caught? by auntieNeo · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heh, something tells me that Chinese proxies wouldn't work well for editing Wikipedia. :(

  4. Re:Tor by Fnord666 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Forget TOR. What if he used a library, coffee shop, rest stop, or other access point?

    Well, if it's in the UK then there are probably 4 or 5 different CCTV tapes of everyone using that access point.

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