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AP suggests other Commonwealth nations may choose to adopt the Australian High Court decision that extends Victorian libel law to overseash publishers. The article is long, but most of the rest of it is a rehash of ideas already reported here.

“This is the first time that a Supreme Court anywhere in the world … really tries to look at how jurisdictional law maps onto the Internet,” said Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa law professor who tracks Internet cases around the globe.

He expects several other countries – particularly Commonwealth nations including Canada and the United Kingdom – to apply the Australian ruling.

– AP, Other C’wealth members expected to apply Australian Net ruling.