Australian Website Bans ... Australians

Posted by timothy on Thursday July 16, 2009 @02:40PM from the only-ones-who-could-in-a-place-like-this dept.

Nazlfrag writes "Earlier this month the blog and discussion forum ZGeek was sued for $42 million AUD over a user's comment. The plaintiffs are aspiring movie producers who claim to have lost a movie deal due to a 9/11 conspiracy discussion thread. Even though the initial lawsuit has been thrown out, and the company complied with lawyers' demands by taking down the offending posts, it is believed the plaintiffs will file suit again. In addition to suing the forum, in an Australian first they have been granted an injunction to force the ISPs to disclose the IP addresses of the two posters involved. Due to the risk of incurring even greater legal costs the company is closing its doors in Australia, and will ban their fellow countrymen from posting there again."

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Sorta like Amazon.com banning sales... by macraig · 2009-07-16 15:11 · Score: 0, Troll

... by affiliates in certain states that just can't resist the temptation to wield the law in ways unfavorable to Amazon and the rest of its customers, huh? Sound vaguely familiar?
Re:Microsoft can sue Slashdot, or any other pro-Li by mcgrew · 2009-07-17 03:46 · Score: 0, Troll

It isn't slander or lible if it's true.

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Re:my god by mcgrew · 2009-07-17 05:50 · Score: 0, Troll

I'm afraid I was wooshed.

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