On 20/09/2007, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
It is relevant. Defamation under UK law happens where the content is read, not where it is hosted.
Why exactly would we worry about this?
"Wikipedia" doesn't need to concern itself with it. Its editors, on a personal level, might find it appropriate to.
If you're in the habit of writing things that would be considered defamatory by a foreign legal system that also considers that by writing them you're *in* their jurisdiction, it's probably worth being aware of it. (In much the same way as if what you're writing is libellous in the jurisdiction you're sitting in, you'd better be aware of what you're doing... just with somewhat less urgency in this case)
Sure, they can't throw you in jail. But you can still get sued over it, and rightly or wrongly, you can quickly lose a case that you would quickly win at home. And that can be rather annoying to future travel plans.