In fact I'd have to say this is a warning to anybody who's not self-employed, period. Subject yourself to a feudal authority, and you get what they paid for: your fealty.

Not that, as a sole proprietor, I am biased. Or anything.

Defense against England's libel law is a different question entirely. I usually just go la-la-la and hope the world will resolve such insanity on its own without my help.