For the first time a court obliges - even temporarily - a user of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (Wikipedia) yes remove text he has posted, even with references to public reliable sources, such as a series of publications in the printed press. The interim order, issued yesterday by the President of the Athens Court of First Instance, partially accepted the application for interim measures made by academic and political Theodoros Katsanevas asking for the deletion from his curriculum content 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 global encyclopaedic encyclopaedic endeavor, global and multilingual. It aims to provide free reusable content with objective and verifiable data that everyone 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.
