On 12/7/05, Steve Block <steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote:
geni wrote:
On 12/7/05, Steve Block
<steve.block(a)myrealbox.com> wrote:
Is there any thoughts on private individuals? Are
we open to libel
suits if we edit a page containing a libellous statement and fail to
remove it completely from the edit history?
I don't think there are any legal presidents in that area.
No, but it would be nice to hear people's opinions, and also nice to
hear if any legal opinion had been given to Wikipedia regarding this.
Look at it this way:
Under US law, we aren't liable for libellous statements that are made
by other people. UK law might differ, but to the extent it does
that's not really all that interesting to most people on this list -
the foundation is a US company (with, according to Kelly Martin, no
legal presense in the UK).
Anthony