Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!a577
From: a577@mindlink.UUCP (Curt Sampson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: More International Borders
Message-ID: <3706@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 1 Nov 90 22:11:50 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Lines: 17

Well, now that anyone who mentions John Haugh is about to get sued I've got a
couple of questions.

I've heard that the laws regarding libel and "public figures" are much less
stringent.  Is this true?  If so, what constitutes a "public figure?"  A movie
star?  Somone who gets mashed upon by the secret service and ends up in the
newspapers?  Someone who posts a lot to the net?  Someone who is discussed
extensively on the net?

I'm living in and posting from Canada.  Can I be sued if I libel someone who is
in the USA?  What if I were posting from China?

cjs
--
Curt_Sampson@mindlink.UUCP                     (Vancouver, B.C., Canada)
{uunet|ubc-cs}!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink!Curt_Sampson
curt@cynic.wimsey.bc.ca                            BBS: +1 604 687 6736