Probably one for fight-sense-or-ship, my lawyers told me that the
chappie who was after me could have got a UK court judgement
enforced in the US.
Ironically enough the judge that rulled on the only one of his cases
to reach court made in open court the exact same allegation alledged
to have been made.
Phill
----- Original Message -----
From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Phillip Hallam-Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 11:06 PM
Subject: Re: X.BlaBla in PGP??? BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
> At 22:55 3/7/2000 -0500, Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:
> >And actually, UK libel law extends to any material published in the
> >UK, so it would be possible to bring an action in the UK against
> >a cypherpunks poster.
>
> Yep, but the logical response has to be: Who cares? And: So what?
>
> For example, the governments of Burma and Zambia would rather like to lock
> me up for what I published regarding them on the Net, but pardon me for
not
> being overly worried.
>
> One might have to curtail travel plans, sure, but otherwise pissing off
> foreign states is not just a good idea, cypherpunkly-speaking, it's rather
> good sport.
>
> -Declan
>
>
