p2p news / p2pnet: Britain’s highest court will today rule on to what extent newspapers and other Net publishers are open to lawsuits from people alleging they’ve been libelled in any part of the world.

"In a landmark ruling last year, the Court of Appeal ruled that internet publishers could not be sued in the English courts unless there had been a ’substantial’ publication in England," says The Times Online. "The ruling came in an action brought by Yousef Jameel, a Saudi Arabian who sought to sue the United States-based Dow Jones, the publisher of The Wall Street Journal, in London.

"The Court of Appeal threw out the libel action against the online publication, saying that only five people in England had read the allegedly defamatory item, but Mr Jameel is appealing in a case that could lead to new guidelines on when publishers can rely on the so-called Reynolds defence, a defence of ‘public interest’ or qualified privilege."

Canada’s p2pnet, whose ISP is in the US, is currently being sued by Kazaa owner Sharman Networks, based in Australia, and Kazaa boss Nikki Hemming.

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Also See:
The Times Online – Law lords to rule on internet defamation, June 26, 2006

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