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Gutnick Can Pursue Dow-Jones Libel Case

Posted by timothy on from the it's-your-word-against-my-lawyer dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Libel cases based on Internet material could be mounted anywhere in the world, after a landmark judgment handed down by the Australian High Court today. International news service Dow Jones failed in its bid to have a defamation action brought by mining magnate Joseph Gutnick heard in the United States."

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  1. Fhew... by houseofmore · · Score: 0, Troll

    Good god! The last thing the world needs is an open legal floor with the USA.

  2. Re:Question about the precendence this sets... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yeah you can say no to the US jsut like Iraq has and just like Afganistan tried. To say that the australian government just rolled over on the DCMA is just a little bit to simply. If countries try to say no to anything the US does they get threaten with all kinds of other affects like no access to Aid, no access to US farm markets, no access to the IMF, all kinds of things can happen. So it depends on the countries priorities, if they feel like being part of the world econnomy then they can't just say no. The US is a bully and anybody can say no, but not if they don't want to get beating up in the playground at lunch time.

  3. This has widespread implications by teamhasnoi · · Score: 2, Troll
    especially since he's a white supremacist child molester who beats his neighbors dog and spits on old ladies' social security checks while wanking off in the food at the local soup kitchen watching beastiality porn.

    This is Bill Gates we're talking about, right?