Mark Ryan wrote:
On 20/09/2007, Steve Summit <scs(a)eskimo.com>
wrote:
But this is (a) wrong (at least in the case of
www hyperlinks),
and (b) not relevant to a site hosted in Florida, USA.
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?
The way I look at it, all non-US law is relevant only to editors working
in those jurisdictions. If Britain or Venezuela or China believes that
the public can't handle certain material, that is interesting, but not
relevant to how we run Wikipedia.
What might be relevant is the spirit behind the law. If the law gets
made because of some particular harm that we think is worse than
impeding honest discussion or the free flow of factual information, then
we should take a look at altering our course. But the law itself is the
business of the citizens under its jurisdiction, and not our collective
problem.
William
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