[WikiEN-l] Libel law

[Anthony DiPierro]

On 12/8/05, Andrew Gray <shimgray at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/12/05, Anthony DiPierro <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> > Frankly, I think it's ridiculous to think that the UK government is
> > going to give judgements against people simply for editing a page in a
> > section completely unrelated to libellous content
> I may be confused here, but I was under the impression we were
> discussing being sued _in a UK court_, not _by the UK government_.
> Very different things; HMG really doesn't give a damn about us and is
> very unlikely to unless we do something insanely stupid like publish
> Vanguard patrol details.
>
Read what I said again, noting the word "judgements".  Judgements are
given by courts, and courts are part of the government.