http://www.mablaw.com MAB Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:47:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.mablaw.com/2009/12/wikipedia-ordered-to-release-ip-address-of-suspected-blackmailer-%e2%80%93-g-and-g-v-wikimedia-high-court/ http://www.mablaw.com/2009/12/wikipedia-ordered-to-release-ip-address-of-suspected-blackmailer-%e2%80%93-g-and-g-v-wikimedia-high-court/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:43:17 +0000 Mark Weston http://mab.preprod.headshift.com/?p=1177 The publishers of Wikipedia – the user-generated online encyclopaedia – has been ordered by the High Court to reveal the details of a suspected blackmailer. The Wikimedia Foundation was happy to reveal the Internet Protocol address of the suspected poster, but only if the High Court obtained a court order requiring the disclosure. Accordingly, G – the businesswoman who was allegedly being blackmailed – asked for a court order and was granted one. Internet service providers can identify a particular connection accessing the Internet from a particular IP address. The case surrounds anonymous postings and letters sent to G, which she claims is part of a smear campaign because one of her companies is in dispute with the person she suspects of blackmailing her.

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