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The Wikimedia Foundation has been involved in several lawsuits. Some of them have been successful for the plaintiff, but others have been unsuccessful.
Verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs
In May 2011, Louis Bacon took out an injunction against the Wikimedia Foundation in order to compel it to reveal the identity of the editors who defamed him on Wikipedia.[1][2]
Verdicts in favor of Wikimedia
Barbara Bauer, a literary agent tried to sue Wikipedia on grounds of defamation, but the case was dismissed because of the Communications Decency Act.[3]
Fuzzy Zoeller tried to sue Wikipedia because of defamation, but he was unable to do so due to the Communications Decency Act. He then sued the Miami firm from whose computers the edits were made.
Other controversies
DMCA takedown notices
Texas Instruments sent a DMCA takedown notice to the Wikimedia Foundation because certain cryptographic keys were made public on this article: Texas Instruments signing key controversy.
In addition to the above mentioned article, two other articles came under the purview of Wikipedia's office actions, because of the DMCA. These articles are Damon Dash and Conventional PCI.
FBI seal controversy
In July 2010 the FBI sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation demanding that it cease and desist from using its seal on Wikipedia.[4] The FBI claimed that such practice was illegal and threatened to sue. In reply Wikimedia counsel Michael Godwin sent a counter notice to the FBI claiming that Wikipedia was not in the wrong when it displayed the FBI seal on its website.[5] He defended Wikipedia's actions and also refused to remove the seal.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "US billionaire wins high court order over Wikipedia 'defamation'". The Guardian. 9 May 2011.
- ^ "U.S. Law Protects Anonymous Speech, Not Billionaires". Forbes. 10 May 2011.
- ^ "Bauer v. Wikimedia". Citizen Media Law Project. 2 May 2008.
- ^ "Letter from FBI to Wikimedia" (PDF). 22 July 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ "Letter from Wikimedia to FBI" (PDF). 30 July 2010. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
- ^ Schwartz, John (2 August 2010). "F.B.I., Challenging Use of Seal, Gets Back a Primer on the Law". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2012.