Thomas Dalton wrote:
2009/4/17 Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com:
2009/4/17 Nathan nawrich@gmail.com
Whether the law applies is moot, for a few reasons but including the fact that it appears he didn't do anything except use Wikipedia as a prop for his column.
Well, he also does appear to be libelling the wikipedia, and he's doing it from the UK, which is the easiest country to prove libel; the truth isn't even an absolute defence against libel in the UK.
I discussed that with Mike Godwin and he pointed out that libel law applies to individuals, it doesn't really protect organisations (I think there is another part of law that does, but I can't remember what it is called).
In the UK, "malicious falsehood" protects incorporated bodies.