There's been a discussion over on Cyberia-l about this. British libel law hasn't evolved the American position that truth is a defense against libel lawsuits, and they're apparently quite cooperative about letting non-Brits sue other non-Brits if there's any excuse for UK locality. >For Internet, private international and libel law types, see this! > >House of Lords approves Russian's right to sue an American in an English >court for defamation. > >It looks like the U.S. may be getting some competition in the >extraterritoriality business. > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_746000/746780.stm Insert appropriate comments about national boundaries, speedbumps, information superhighways, reputation capital, and use of anonymous remailers when you really want to flame people.... A bad lot all around. (Hmmm - UK law probably also doesn't have the exceptions about libeling public figures, so I probably can't say that the Law Lords are ravingly clueless or have really chomped on their toes on this one.) Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
