http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7660 "Wikipedia Germany offline" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tron_(hacker) His family does not wish his full name to be used, and many German newspapers refer to him as "Boris F." On 14 December 2005 the parents obtained a temporary restraining order in a Berlin court against Wikimedia Foundation Inc. because its freely editable online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, mentioned the full name in its German language version. The order prohibits the Foundation from mentioning the full name on any website under the domain "wikipedia.org". It furthermore requires the Foundation to name a representative in Germany within two weeks following the decision.[3] This was widely reported in the Dutch and German press [4]. German law requires that the order be delivered within four weeks. The initial order was however mistakenly addressed to Saint Petersburg, Russia rather than to Saint Petersburg, Florida; this was corrected five days later. It is unclear how the German court can enforce the order in the United States. On 17 January 2006, a preliminary injunction from a court in Berlin prohibited the Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. [1] local chapter from linking to German Wikipedia, resulting in the change of the wikipedia.de address from a link to German Wikipedia to a page explaining the situation, although the page does not mention Tron.[5] Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. confirmed to the internet news site golem.de that the new injunction is linked to the prior case against the Wikimedia Foundation and was issued on behalf of the same plaintiffs. Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. is cited as willing to stand against the injunction, arguing that no valid case is seen and the freedom of the press must be defended.[6] Because Andy Müller-Maguhn, being one of the spokespersons of the Chaos Computer Club, is involved deeply into the case on side of the plaintiffs, some media reported this as a case of the Chaos Computer Club against Wikipedia. The Chaos Computer Club itself, however, issued a statement, that this is a case between a few of its members and Wikipedia, and that the CCC does not take any position in this.[7] The Austrian online magazine "futurezone" interviewed Andy Müller-Maguhn on 19 January 2006 about the case and its backgrounds. Maguhn admitted that the true reason behind the incident is a fictitious work recently published by a german author in which the main actor has the same (civil) name as Tron. The parents sent a protest to the publisher but were turned down with the argument that the German Wikipedia does use the name as well. In turn Müller-Maguhn asked German Wikipedia to remove the name, but was turned down for a number of reason, including failure to present proof that he is entitled to speak and act on behalf of the parents.[8][9] 1. ^ zdnet.co.uk: "High-stakes hacking, Euro-style", by Bob Sullivan, 25 October 2000 2. ^ Wired News: "Out of Chaos Comes Order", by David Hudson, 28 December 1998 3. ^ Telepolis: "Hacker leben nicht gefährlich", by Burkhard Schröder, 10 January 2006 (in German) 4. ^ Spiegel Online: "Streit um Tron: Darf man einen Hacker beim Namen nennen?", by Holger Dambeck, 10 Januar 2006 (in German) 5. ^ Heise Newsticker: "Domain wikipeda.de ist zurzeit außer Betrieb", by Andreas Wilkens, 19 January 2006 (in German) 6. ^ golem.de: "Wikipedia.de derzeit abgeschaltet", by Andreas Donath, 19 January 2006 (in German) 7. ^ CCC: "Klarstellung zu Wikipedia vs. Tron", by Frank Rieger, 13 January 2006 (in German) 8. ^ futurezone: "'Einstweilige' gegen Wikipedia.de", by unnamed author, 19 January 2006 (in German) 9. ^ German Wikipedia: Archived Discussion about the Article "Tron (Hacker)", various authors