[WikiEN-l] Rod Liddle, Spectator, on his Wikipedia article

[Phil Nash]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> 2009/4/17 Ian Woollard <ian.woollard at gmail.com>:
>>> 2009/4/17 Nathan <nawrich at 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.