[thechat] Internet Makes Dow Jones Open to Suit in Australia

[Ben Dyer]

At 12:05 PM 12/12/2002, you wrote:
>What would happen if I published supposedly libelous material on my Web
>site and an Aussie wanted to sue me? He couldn't forcibly drag my arse down
>there, could he?

Let the booting begin!

>If an Australian court declares that I am indeed guilty,
>how can it enforce its sentence when I'm halfway across the world?

Aw, it's just a little kick in the bum.

(For everyone who has no earthly idea what I'm talking about:
<http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F13.html>)

--Ben