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Company Fined €25,000 For Altering Wikipedia

Posted by timothy on Tuesday July 5, 2011 @06:19AM 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."

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Re:So Wikipedia is a marketing website now? by Lunix+Nutcase · 2011-07-05 06:38 · Score: 3, Insightful

Since when is Wikipedia an appropriate place to advertise?
Since Jimbo needed money?
Re:But do you have a right to be in a WP article? by improfane · 2011-07-05 08:18 · 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.

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