[WikiEN-l] Former Wikimedia employee was a felon.

[Tony Sidaway]

On Dec 14, 2007 4:16 AM, Nathan Awrich <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> Libel in the US requires malicious intent, which is notoriously hard
> to prove - all they would need to do is demonstrate a legitimate
> belief that the WMF Carolyn Doran is the same one involved in these
> crimes. Additionally, since it is published in the UK there is the
> question of jurisdiction. Still, it does seem unlikely that the
> Register would expose itself to the comparatively low libel bar in the
> UK.
>

If it isn't the same Metz, it would be an open-and-shut libel in UK law.