[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action
Tom Morris
tom at tommorris.org
Fri May 20 21:22:31 UTC 2011
On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 19:29, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20 May 2011 19:21, Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net> wrote:
>
>> I think any user who uses Twitter to publish information in the U.K. may
>> potentially be liable.
>
>
> The jurisdictional issues impact the users. Suing Twitter is unlikely
> to go very far. It is *possible* they may be able to do something to
> Facebook, who I believe have business presence in the UK.
Twitter are planning to open a London office:
http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletin/digitalambulletin/article/1066031/twitter-open-uk-office-serve-commercial-needs/
This should be... interesting.
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