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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:Link to Case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If at first your whoring does not succeed, whore again.

  3. Re:HERE I COME TO FUCK WITH YOUR SUBJECT CHAIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It was cool while it lasted. It's like one of those Tibetan sand paintings, meant to be ephemeral.

  4. The editors pick their nose all day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    and eat their boogers.

    They also smell bad and are covered in Pringles crumbs.

    Not to mention that they have poor taste in clothes and know next to nothing about running a website.

    Haha, I live in Japan. Whatchu gonna do?!

  5. thinking outside the box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It occurs to me that after the comments indent whatever amount of times it is, the replies below aren't indented. That makes me think that offensive ASCII art could be drawn in successive subject lines, if the poster is skillful. I'll work on it after finals if nobody beats me to it. Maybe get ASCII art from asciiartfarts.com.

  6. x x x by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    some stupid pile of shit

  7. COCK PENIS FUCK SHIT BAKLA GOATSE CUNT BOOBIE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    B

  8. So, what about many people contributing? faggot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    or proxies, dipshit

  9. Re:So, what about the 2 minutes limit? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you mean, what is a would-be multi subject line ASCII artist going to do about the annoying limit, then I say threading and proxies and so forth. The exact number of proxies needed would depend on the number of lines of ASCII art.

    Also, the art will have to be carefully selected to 1) not be too wide and 2) not trigger slashdot's ASCII art subject line alarms.

  10. Re:Link to Case by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    thanks for the kind words, fscktard.

  11. 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.

  12. 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?