(...)
(3) The Inquiry wishes to understand the extent to which your
website is based in the UK.
Where are your servers located? Do you consider the UK
courts to have jurisdiction over the way in which your website is operated in the
UK,
and how far does this jurisdiction extend?
No physical assets are in the UK,
the servers are in the USA.
The publisher is a foreign corporation which owns all the intellectual property.It seems
to to be a simple matter of fact that the UK
courts have no effective jurisdiction over a publisher based overseas with no bricks
and mortar in the UK.
None of the many threatened legal actions against the website
in the UK has ever succeeded
in the UK
courts. We have regular communications from most of the leading London legal firms specialising
in media law. We have repeatedly ignored injunctions and orders issued in the UK courts
with no adverse consequences.
(...)
Recommended reading, from which this excerpt was taken: Guido Fawkes’submission to the Leveson Inquiry.
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Good for him. That's the right way to deal with bullies.
ReplyDeleteGuido Fawkes blog makes interesting reading.
ReplyDeleteDid a judge and a leading GC really ask this question?
ReplyDelete"Do you consider the UK courts to have jurisdiction over the way in which your website is operated in the UK, and how far does this jurisdiction extend?"
They are the experts? They have to ask a layman about jurisdiction?
Good morning to all.
ReplyDeleteBBC player http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01fjtgz
responds to criticism for publishing 'Motorman' report.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/mother-jailed-over-daughter-abducted-claim-7637078.html?fb_action_ids=10150687622054682&fb_action_types=news.reads&fb_source=feed_news
ReplyDeleteThe similarity with Mccann's is incredible. One more mother to who Kate was an inspiration.