Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Company Fined €25,000 For Altering Wikipedia

Posted by timothy on from the now-that's-an-edit-war dept.

hcs_$reboot writes "A French court ordered a company to pay 25,000 Euros to a competitor about which she had removed the name of a Wikipedia entry dedicated to her field. Hi-Media, the defendant, was identified thanks to her IP address found from the Wikipedia page."

4 of 141 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So Wikipedia is a marketing website now? by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Since when is Wikipedia an appropriate place to advertise?

    Since Jimbo needed money?

  2. You're confused. by CountBrass · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You're confused between real-life (interfering with another business's trade- for which Hi-Media was fined) and a childish fantasy land where is ok to do anything you like (where you "I can't see how Hi-Media did anything wrong enough to justify such a huge fine" which you think "a warning [or] a ban").

    Welcome to the grown-up's world, where your actions have consequences, whether your like it or not.

    --
    Bad analogies are like waxing a monkey with a rainbow.
    1. Re:You're confused. by UnknowingFool · · Score: 1, Insightful

      This appeared to be a civil lawsuit where the question of legality is left up to a criminal court. For these civil cases, the two questions that are addressed is whether the defendant did the actions for which they are accused and how much in damages should be awarded. The court found that €25000 was acceptable and not €150000.

      --
      Well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it.
  3. Re:But do you have a right to be in a WP article? by improfane · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Has nothing to do with Wikipedia per se. That's not the fundamental issue.

    Someone censored or supressed what was or is for selfish gain. It's wrong.

    That's the anti-competitive act.

    It's like me hiding your painting in a gallery so people buy mine rather than yours.

    --
    Slashdot needs Geekcode | Can anyone recommend any good SCIFI? My tastes: Foundation, Startide Rising, CITY, Ringworld,