Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris

“ They argue that WIKIMEDIA is a hosting provider within the meaning of artic1e 6.1.1 of the Act for the confidence in the digital economy of June 21, 2004, so that responsibility can be held liable since he knowledge of illegal remarks made on its site, the WIKIPEDIA site, created in 2001, is an universal and multilingual online encyclopedia, the content of which is freely modified by users. ”

“ That obligation invoked at the expense of the foundation WIKIMEDIA to compensate the plaintiff for the damage caused to them is therefore seriously questionable, it could not be granted their requests made to that effect;
ON THE IDENTITY SOUGHT The foundation WIKIMEDIA argues that the applicants have the date and time for the online issue of the article by its author, August 25, 2007 at 4:42 pm, as the following address Internet Protocol (IP) 82.224.51.xx corresponding to the personal computer used, and that only the service provider may be able to transmit the data to pinpoint the user. ”

“ This knowledge of the facts at issue is therefore not presumed acquired, and would have been, the content could not be regarded as manifestly illegal within the meaning of the reserve interpretation in its decision of 10 June 2004 by the Constitutional Council. ”

“ M. B., MM. P. T. and F. D., the sum of € 3,000 each under Article 700 of the new code of civil procedure and the payment of costs. Given the findings of the foundation of American law WIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION Inc. who for the most demand in limine litis declare the annulment of the document instituting, as a subsidiary to note that responsibility for the foundation WIKIMEDIA may not be initiated and put it out of the event, and the plaintiffs to dismiss their request for identification ”