The German-language version of the Web-based encyclopedia Wikipedia remained off-line Friday, following a court order barring the German chapter of the Wikimedia Foundation as part of a lawsuit filed by the family of a dead hacker.
Visitors to the site
http://www.wikipedia.de were greeted by a statement from Wikipedia Deutschland e.V. informing them they were required by law to remove the site and promising the group's lawyers were taking "every possible step to again bring you uncomplicated access to a the free encyclopedia Wikipedia."
A Berlin court ordered the site pulled on Tuesday, after the family of the German hacker known as "Tron," whose real name is Boris F., sued the Wikimedia Foundation to prevent them from publishing the real name of their son, who was found hanged in a park in 1998.
But by going to
http://www.wikipedia.org , and clicking on the German language link, users can still access German content.
Wikimedia lawyer Thorsten Feldmann said he hoped a ruling on the matter in two weeks would allow the site to return to the Web, but vowed to challenge it should the court decide to keep the site off- line. Analysts said it would be difficult to keep Boris F.'s surname private.
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