Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-21 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/21 Andrew Turvey andrewrtur...@googlemail.com: - WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@googlemail.com wrote: I'm more concerned about what happens when something is posted to our site that is unfair, inaccurate and full of malice. Presumably Wikimedia in the US is the publisher I

[Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread Michael Peel
Hi all, The following might be of interest: Defamation on the internet: Ministry of Justice seeks your views: http://www.justice.gov.uk/news/newsrelease160909a.htm Plan to update libel law for web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8259814.stm Summary: A debate on aspects of defamation law, and

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread Sam Blacketer
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: 2009/9/17 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: Plan to update libel law for web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8259814.stm Does anyone know what this means? Publishers of online archives and blogs might also be

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread Thomas Dalton
2009/9/17 Sam Blacketer sam.blacke...@googlemail.com: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/17 Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net: Plan to update libel law for web: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8259814.stm Does anyone know what this means?

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread WereSpielChequers
I'm more concerned about what happens when something is posted to our site that is unfair, inaccurate and full of malice. Presumably Wikimedia in the US is the publisher, But what happens if you mark an article as patrolled or an edit as flagged without checking that an earlier revision elsewhere

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread Gordon Joly
At 17:32 +0100 17/9/09, Sam Blacketer wrote: On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Thomas Dalton mailto:thomas.dal...@gmail.comthomas.dal...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/9/17 Michael Peel mailto:em...@mikepeel.netem...@mikepeel.net: Plan to update libel law for web:

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK government on defamation on the internet

2009-09-17 Thread David Gerard
2009/9/17 WereSpielChequers werespielchequ...@googlemail.com: I'm more concerned about what happens when something is posted to our site that is unfair, inaccurate and full of malice. Presumably Wikimedia in the US is the publisher,  But what happens if you mark an article as patrolled or an