On 15/11/2007, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
Oh, I agree. Your paragraph above is a great example of exactly the kind of discussion I think we should be having.
Of course, the reach of British libel law may extend even to the US:
http://www.economist.com/world/international/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10110...
US editors can be sued in Britain, and defending a suit would be an expensive and painful proposition. And even if you win a lawsuit like that, legal victories are frequently Pyrrhic ones.
The problem is that quite a lot of courts are deciding that they have world wide jurisdiction. How much do you know about Japaneses civil law?