>>Australia offers fewer free-speech protections than are afforded by the
First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution<<
We also have 900 million Muslims living next door and two of us are in camp
X-ray for some reason.Why I sound pissed off sometimes.
Rogue governments could use ruling to shut down Internet (NYT/r.r.)
> Rule could render Internet unusable as mass communication vehicle
Lawyers: Australia ruling re DJ has worrisome implications
Wall Street Journal
The Australia High Court's ruling that allows a Melbourne businessman to
sue Dow Jones in Australia over a Barron's article published in the U.S.
and distributed via the Internet effectively "puts at risk the ability of
Americans to speak with each other and be protected by American law when
they do so," says attorney and First Amendment specialist Floyd Abrams. The
court's attempt to narrowly define "publishing" as the place where the
download occurred doesn't make sense in a world where media companies such
as Dow Jones have assets world-wide, he says.
