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FC: Italian court says it has authority to close foreign web sites
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2001 11:41:27 -0500
http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID=151018 Italy: Foreign 'Net sites can be closed Wednesday, 10 January 2001 13:17 (ET) ROME, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A landmark case of defamation over the Internet led to an Italian court Wednesday to rule that foreign-based Internet sites that contravene Italian law can be shut down, the ANSA news agency reported. It was not immediately clear, however, how such an order could be implemented or enforced. The ruling came in an appeal in the Court of Cassation by a Jewish man -- identified only as Moshe D. -- who said he had been defamed by a number of Web sites that claimed he had kidnapped his two daughters, was holding them in the city of Genoa and was raising them in defiance of Jewish law. [...] Both the preliminary hearings judge and a higher tribunal had said the case went beyond their jurisdiction since the allegedly defamatory material originated outside Italy. However, the Court of Cassation Wednesday ruled Italy has jurisdiction since end-users connect to the sites from Italian territory. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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