For the first time, a court is forcing - even temporarily - a user of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (Wikipedia) to remove a text he has posted, with references to credible public sources, such as a series of publications in the print media. The temporary order, issued yesterday by the president of the Court of First Instance of Athens, partially accepted the request for injunctive measures filed by the academic and politician Theodoros Katsanevas requesting the removal from the content of his CV at Wikipedia reference to the designation of "reproach" which his former father-in-law Andreas Papandreou. With the application for interim measures, which is being discussed at 11 March 2014, Th. Katsanevas turns against ELLAK (Free Software - Open Source Software Company) and the user, who had made the disputed post citing a series of publications, as required by Wikipedia's fair use policy. The president of the first instance court that ruled on Mr. Katsaneva's request rejected the request for ELLAK, while on the contrary she accepted it for the user. The attorney-at-law of Mr. Hara Daoutissignalnot before the judicial officer that her principal made the controversial posting using public and reliable sources, which were specific publications for which the opposing party had never until now appealed for judicial protection.It is worth noting that Wikipedia is a collective encyclopedic venture established on the Internet, global and multilingual. It aims to provide freely reusable content with objective and verifiable content data, which anyone can modify and improve.
According to Ms. Zaouti, for the first time a court decision - a temporary order - obliges a user who strictly followed the rules, to download his post. Her client, as she assures, will comply with the court decision, however, say lawyers, this does not prevent any other user from restoring the same post.
It is noted that Mr Katsaneva's case is pending, which is scheduled to be discussed in January of 2016.
