New York Times: Two German Killers Demanding Anonymity Sue Wikipedia’s Parent
Friday, 13 November 2009, 08:37 via Delicious/martinstabe
"Wolfgang Werlé and Manfred Lauber became infamous for killing a German actor in 1990. Now they are suing to force Wikipedia to forget them. The legal fight pits German privacy law against the American First Amendment." Read More...
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1. Sam | 14 November 2009 at 0127
To remove their names entirely from the public record locally and internationally really seems next to impossible. I’m sure their names are floating around in the archives of various publications aside from Wikipedia. The ironic thing here is that the lawsuit against Wikipedia is actually bringing them more attention, which is what they are trying to avoid.
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