Golfer sues the Wikipedia
p2pnet.net news:- An unsupported post in the Wikipedia said professional golfer Fuzzy Zoeller abused drugs, alcohol and his family. The paragraph was deleted but the information had already appeared elsewhere online.
Zoeller’s lawyer said he filed the lawsuit against a Miami firm, “because the law won’t allow him to sue St. Petersburg-based Wikipedia,” says Associated Press, going on, “The suit alleges someone used a computer at Josef Silny & Associates, a Miami education consulting firm, to add the information to Zoeller’s Wikipedia profile.”
However, Josef Silny, “was shocked to learn his company was targeted in the lawsuit,” says the story.
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, “said no one has contacted the site about the lawsuit,” adds AP.
Also See:
Associated Press – Zoeller Sues to Find Author of Web Post, February 2, 2007
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February 24th, 2007 at 3:44 pm
Correction, Zoeller is suing the law firm in which the IP of the vandal originated, not Wikipedia itself. Wikipedia has not been contacted in any manner about this lawsuit.
February 24th, 2007 at 9:32 pm
Correction of the correction. Zoeller is using a law firm in Miami to sue an education consulting firm (Josef Zilny) in Miami, where the libelous comments originated. How hard is it to get this story correct?