What happens when a newspaper based in America posts on their website a potentially defamatory article about someone in another country? They get sued in that other country…
GlobeandMail.com reports that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has asserted jurisdiction in a libel suit being brought by a Canadian, formerly an executive at a Canadian hockey team, and the New York Post – even though the paper is only available in Vancouver via the internet.
…I guess internet publishers are going to have to start learning the details of, and ensuring the comply with, libel law globally rather than just in the country where their website is based…