TY - JOUR
T1 - Defamation on the Internet - Nice Decision, Shame about the Reasoning
T2 - Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick
AU - Kohl, Uta
PY - 2003/10
Y1 - 2003/10
N2 - The decision by the High Court of Australia in Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick, one of the first decisions by a final court of appeal on transnational online defamation, handed down on 10 Dec 2002, deals with the contentious issue of whether and, if so, when online publishers have to comply with the defamation laws of foreign States. The decision has been labelled a ‘dangerous precedent’ and an ‘extraordinary judgment’ by the British press. But is it indeed either?
AB - The decision by the High Court of Australia in Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick, one of the first decisions by a final court of appeal on transnational online defamation, handed down on 10 Dec 2002, deals with the contentious issue of whether and, if so, when online publishers have to comply with the defamation laws of foreign States. The decision has been labelled a ‘dangerous precedent’ and an ‘extraordinary judgment’ by the British press. But is it indeed either?
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2160/35734
U2 - 10.1093/iclq/52.4.1049
DO - 10.1093/iclq/52.4.1049
M3 - Article
SN - 0020-5893
VL - 52
SP - 1049
EP - 1058
JO - International and Comparative Law Quarterly
JF - International and Comparative Law Quarterly
IS - 4
ER -