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post Wed 6th July 2011, 3:43am
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<img alt="" height="1" width="1" />French company fined 25000 Euros for altering [b]Wikipedia entry[/b]
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A court decision issued last week fined French company Hi-Media €25000 (US$36000) for damages and interest after it was proven that the company removed the mention of competitor Rentabiliweb from a list of vendors in the French Wikipedia's article on ...



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post Thu 7th July 2011, 12:59am
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That's not even it at all, Somey. This was a fistfight between two businesses that happened to take place in part on Wikipedia. Wikipedia isn't part of the issue, it was just the venue in which the fight took place. That said, French courts tend to believe they are in control of everything, and if someone else doesn't like that, tough shit.
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