[IP] Australia makes landmark net ruling

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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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.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2560683.stm

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