Thursday 12 June 2008

Telstra's Solomon 'Sol' Trujillo upset over Wikipedia biography

It appears that Telstra's Sol Trujillo was irked enough by editing of a Wikipedia biographical entry (to include opinion on conduct of the company and his own employment history) that he threatened defamation according to Chilling Effects.
Since the letter below was sent, the Wikipedia entry is back to bare basics.
However, Mr. Trujillo forgets that the Internet does not, so the allegedly objectionable entries can still be found.
The delicious irony in all this is that the editing Mr. Trujillo is objecting to was done using a 3G mobile phone.

March 7, 2008

Sender Information:
[Individual]
Sent by: [Private]
Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
New York, NY, 10281, USA

Recipient Information:
General Counsel and Legal Coordinator
Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, 94107, USA


Sent via: email, fax, and express mail
Re: Defamation of Solomon Trujillo

Dear Mr. Godwin:

We represent [individual] and are writing to demand that defamatory statements that appear on Wikipedia immediately and permanently be removed from the following URL:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Trujillo.

Specifically, an anonymous user (IP 119.11.111.17) (the "anonymous user") has since at least March 1, 2008 repeatedly inserted the following false and defamatory language in the referenced article:

[redacted]

This false and defamatory assertion has been repeatedly removed, but the anonymous user keeps replacing the false and defamatory language.

We demand that Wikipedia and Wikimedia permanently remove the above language from the article, including all of its history pages, and to permanently block the anonymous user from editing the page by 7 o'clock eastern time today. If Wikipedia and Wikimedia do not remove the improper language by that time, and take the steps necessary to block its being reinserted, Mr. [individual] intends to commence litigation against Wikipedia and Wikimedia on Monday, March 10, 2008.

Very truly yours,

[Signed]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

NCV,

This is gorgeous!!!

Sol Troll said...

Lest we forget what was written in Wikipedia.

http://solomontrujillo.blogspot.com/