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Australia makes landmark net ruling
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 05:32:25 -0500
------ Forwarded Message From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com> Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:15:31 +0100 To: "Dave E-mail Pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu> Subject: Australia makes landmark net ruling Australia makes landmark net ruling BBC News Australia's high court has ruled that the financial publishers Dow Jones can be sued in the Australian state of Victoria over an article that appeared on their website. The defamation case was brought by Melbourne mining magnate Joseph Gutnik, who argued that the article could be read on the internet by people who knew him in Melbourne. Dow Jones had argued that publication of the article on its Barron's website took place in the United States and wanted the case to be heard there. --snip-- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2560683.stm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- geoff.goodfellow () iconia com * Prague - CZ * telephone +420 603 706 558 "success is getting what you want & happiness is wanting what you get" http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/01/biztech/articles/17drop.html http://www.tapsns.com/members-bio/geoff-goodfellow.shtml ------ End of Forwarded Message ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To unsubscribe or update your address, click http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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