Canadian Court Reverses Net Publication Ruling

An anonymous reader writes "A Canadian appellate court has reversed an earlier ruling that had media companies worldwide fearing an Internet publication chill. A lower court had asserted jurisdiction over the Washington Post based solely on an article published years earlier that was available on the Post's website. That decision attracted the attention of companies such as Reuters and Yahoo!, who appealed what was viewed as a dangerous Internet jurisdiction case."

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Jurisdiction

[HugePedlar]

You have to wonder whether local laws can in any way be applied to the Internet.

What if I, in England, publish something that breaks a law in Germany where my webhost resides? Who gets prosecuted, if at all?