The EFF and the ACLU have intervened in the strange case of the Swiss bank Julius Baer vs. whistle blower site, Wikileaks. In a bid to quash information leaked on the popular site the bank has managed to propel this story to the front page of damn near every publication on the net.
From EFF:
In early February, Swiss bank Julius Baer filed suit in federal district court against Wikileaks for hosting 14 allegedly leaked documents regarding personal banking transactions of Julius Baer customers. Also sued was Wikileaks’ domain name registrar, Dynadot LLC. On February 15, following a stipulation between Julius Baer and Dynadot, the court issued a permanent injunction, disabling the wikileaks.org domain name and preventing that domain name from being transferred to any other registrar.
“Dynadot’s private agreement to disable access to its customer’s domain name — and the court’s endorsement of that agreement — raise serious First Amendment concerns,” EFF Staff Attorney Matt Zimmerman. “This unwarranted injunction should remind everyone who hosts critical information on the Web that such information may only remain accessible as long as your service provider or registrar is willing to stand up for you against obviously overreaching legal attacks.”
For more on the EFF/ACLU perspective read on.
[tags]Wikileaks, Julius Baer, Wikileaks Case[/tags]