Posted on 06-Apr-2004 07:24 GMT by Christian Kemp (Edited on 2004-04-06 10:09:44 GMT by Christian Kemp) | 1057 comments View flat View list |
I am currently being threatened by my former employer (they are "compelled [to] take action against [me]") for the way I am running ANN, and how this allegedly violates my employment contract with them ("interfere _in any manner_ with any business relationship between the Company and any of its customers or business partners"). This might entail drastic changes to the relative freedom of speech ANN has always allowed its visitors, or ANN might close down altogether. Updated 10:00 CET.
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Posted by Bernie Meyer on 06-Apr-2004 23:26 GMT | In reply to Comment 363 (Fabio Alemagna): > Provided that he says the truth, there's nothing illegal in that. I> can stake everything on that, I fucking know what I'm talking about,> unlike you.Welcome to the wonderful world of international libel laws, Fabio.Australia, for example, has quite interesting ones. Not only is truth no defence (the only defence for making public damaging statements about someone is to demonstrate a "public need to know"....), but even more interesting, Australian courts have ruled that writing something of that nature in another country, to be published on an online site in another country, *still* falls under their jurisdiction as long as the author should reasonably be expected to know that it will be read in Australia.If you ask me, both of these are bizarre. But they exist, and convictions have been made based on them. |
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