[Asrg] DNSBL BCP - enough, already, of the amateur lawyering

[David Wilson]

On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 15:16 +0000, John Levine wrote:
> >That's a good point.  But (and here comes the amateur lawyering)
> >I believe that a valid defense against libel is truth.
> 
> Only in the United States, not in the UK nor in many other countries. 

(To be picky, there is no such thing as 'UK' law. Scotland has a
different legal setup to England and Wales.)

Looking up "libel truth" in UK pages for Google pointed me to:

http://www.swarb.co.uk/lawb/defTrueLibel.shtml

which is from a personal injury solicitors, so has some legal standing.

The important point is that a libel in English law has to be both untrue
and defamatory.

Something that "causes him to be shunned or avoided" is one means of
defamation and would seem to be a good description of a DNSBL!

cheers

David Wilson.