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Originally Posted by Nick Beale
I'm sorry to disillusion you but the United Nations has just criticised the UK over its restrictions on freedom of expression. One of those issues is "libel tourism", the principle that if someone in the UK saw the book/article etc. (no matter where it was published) then the publisher/author can be sued in the UK courts. British libel laws are heavily repressive.
See this newspaper article. |
So British law claims the right to expand its jurisdiction over third countries with their own law? Interesting! I will check this, and notify Polish authorities, even because of pure curiousity!