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Australian Court OKs International Net-Defamation Suit
Proud to be unAustralian writes: "Australian IT reports that a landmark court ruling puts Internet publishers around the world on notice that they can be sued under Australia's strict defamation laws -- and effectively in any of the 190 nations where defamation proceedings can be brought." entrippy contributes a link to another article on the case running at The Age.
Reader Diabolus notes that "it is unlikely that this same success would have occurred under American law. This occurred despite the site being hosted in America. It seems that RMS' nightmare 'Harm from the Hague' has come to pass even before that treaty is signed."
wait... didn't the french give us "our damn statue"?
If it was a free country, they would not force you to go to the poles. If you wanted you could just sit at home and watch the game, now that is freedom. Australia has very odd and screwed up laws. Personally I think they should be cut off the internet, if they have such problem with freedom of expression.