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U.S. Court Rejects 'Net Libel Case

Posted by timothy on from the offending-the-warden dept.

RodgerDodger writes "In contrast to the Australian courts, the US courts have decided that you can't sue for defamation in your own jurisdiction. In both, the key factor was the targetted location; the Australian court ruled that the article in question there was targetted internationally, while the US court ruled that the article in question was local. It remains open (in the US) if a nationally or internationally targetted article could be sued from outisde the immediate jurisdiction."

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  1. Stunned? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People must be confused if I'm able to get a first post (first ever).

    1. Re:Stunned? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      especially, if that FP comes half an hour after the story gets posted!