[WikiEN-l] Proposal: limited extension of semi-protection policy

Matt Brown morven at gmail.com
Tue May 23 20:46:15 UTC 2006


On 5/23/06, David Boothroyd <david at election.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Unfortunately in English law it is potentially actionable to call
> someone litigious.

Only editors from England are subject to that restriction.  More
accurately, given England's ... generous libel laws ... saying
ANYTHING about someone they don't like is potentially actionable.

Of course, in the US, you can pretty much sue anyone for anything -
whether you can win in court is another matter, of course.

-Matt



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