[WikiEN-l] Chatroom libel ruling

[David Alexander Russell]

This does NOT apply to UK editors - the decisions of the High Court of 
England and Wales are only binding in (strangely enough) England and 
Wales. This decision does not alter the position in the rest of the UK 
(ie Northern Ireland, and Scotland, both of whom have separate courts 
from England and Wales)

Cynical

Steve Block wrote:
> geni wrote:
>   
>> On 3/22/06, slimvirgin at gmail.com <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Interesting ruling from the High Court in England, which could have
>>> implications for our talk  pages.
>>> http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1737001,00.html
>>>
>>> Sarah
>>>       
>> It only really applies to UK editors and since in the UK sending a
>> libelus claim on a postcard is enough to trigger a case it is hardly
>> an unexpected extension of the law.
>>     
>
> Not quite true.  There's a number of libel cases which, along with this 
> one, now establish that postings to wikipedia, and I'd say anywhere on 
> wikipedia, not just the talk page, by anyone, regardless of country of 
> origin, are now fair game for a libel suit in the courts of England and 
> Wales.
>
> Steve Block
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