Company Fined €25,000 For Altering Wikipedia 141
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."
Re:So Wikipedia is a marketing website now? (Score:4, Insightful)
Since when is Wikipedia an appropriate place to advertise?
Since Jimbo needed money?
You're confused. (Score:2, 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.
Re:You're confused. (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:But do you have a right to be in a WP article? (Score:5, 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.