Convicted Murderer Sues Wikipedia, Demands Removal of His Name

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Wikipedia is under a censorship attack by a convicted murderer who is invoking Germany’s privacy laws in a bid to remove references to his killing of a Bavarian actor in 1990. Lawyers for Wolfgang Werle, of Erding, Germany, sent a cease-and-desist letter (.pdf) demanding removal of Werle’s name from the Wikipedia entry on actor Walter Sedlmayr . The lawyers cite German court rulings that “have held that our client’s name and likeness cannot be used anymore in publication regarding Mr.