On 20/09/2007, Steve Summit scs@eskimo.com wrote:
Armed Blowfish wrote:
In a number of jurisdictions, pointing in the direction of... defamation has been considered defamation itself.
But this is (a) wrong (at least in the case of www hyperlinks), and
Read the article I linked: http://www.dba-oracle.com/internet_linking_libel_lawsuit.htm
(b) not relevant to a site hosted in Florida, USA.
Regardless of where the site is hosted, information on the internet is published worldwide, and the United States is not the only country in the world. Some countries countries do not limit the plantiff to filing suit only if the defendant resides there.
For example, in the United Kingdom, neither the plaintiff nor the defendant need reside there, and material published on the internet is considered to be published in the UK. http://www.globaljournalist.org/magazine/2004-2/libel-tourism.html
Australia has allowed an Australian businessman to sue a United States website in Australia. http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2002/12/56793