Freedom of the press?
A promise of the Internet was the abolishment of national borders (at least in cyberspace). That notion has come under fire in the courts of various country taking various forms. The latest defeat of freedom of the press comes from the Australian courts against Dow Jones, a US based news service. The Australian courts have decided that it is permissible for a story published in New Jersey, USA to be sued by an entity in Australia. This is not the precedent of these battles with a few in the European courts against nazi organizations and such. Are we all going to be subject to a global standard to express our thoughts in a public forum?
