Yes and no. Point is, the whole system is passive - you have to notify them first. You notify them, they comply. But then, because Wikipedia can be edited by literally anyone on the planet with an Internet connection, you have to keep a vigilant eye on the page to ensure no one else libels you on it.
You can get a subpoena to see what IP addy keeps doing the libel (or just look at the changelogs which are publicly viewable), but someone using a VPN wrecks that option.
You can send a C&D to Wikipedia, and they change it.
3 months later some other shitbird goes in and edits it again, prompting another C&D... and so the cycle goes.
Uh, that makes your lawsuit stronger. When companies acknowledge something and then ignore it that is much worse.
Yes and no. Point is, the whole system is passive - you have to notify them first. You notify them, they comply. But then, because Wikipedia can be edited by literally anyone on the planet with an Internet connection, you have to keep a vigilant eye on the page to ensure no one else libels you on it.
You can get a subpoena to see what IP addy keeps doing the libel (or just look at the changelogs which are publicly viewable), but someone using a VPN wrecks that option.
...and so we're back to the Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory.
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