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• Martinez v MGN Limited and X v eDate Advertising. (C-509/09 and C-161/10) [Search]
  A European Internet defamation case which establishes the ‘centre of interests’ principle.
• At the Crossroads – The proposed Hague Convention and the future of Internet defamation
  Dr Dan Svantesson (Computer Law & Security Report Vol. 18 Issue 3) (Word format)
• Bangoura v Washington Post: Case Comment [Search]
  Student paper by Matthew Baird
• Bangoura v. The Washington Post [Search]
  Judgment (16/9 - 05) of the Court of Appeal for Ontario relating to jurisdiction in Internet defamation cases.
• Bangoura v. Washington Post, 2004 CanLII 26633 (ON S.C.) (2004-01-27) [Search]
  Judgment (27/1 - 04) of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario relating to jurisdiction in Internet defamation cases.
• Borders on, or border around – the future of the Internet
  Article by Dr Svantesson. Published in Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology, Vol. 16 No. 2 (2006); pp. 343 – 381.
• Breeden v. Black 2012 S.C.C. 19 [Search]
  Supreme Court of Canada case concerning jurisdictional issues in Internet defamation dispute.
• Defamation in an Electronic Environment -Where do we go from here? [Search]
  Student paper by Cecilia Werner
• Defamation on the Web [Search]
  Written by Dr Roger Clarke. Supplies a good introduction to the problems and in addition gives a few thoughts on jurisdictional aspects (Version of 2 October 2001)
• Dow Jones & Co Inc v Gutnick: Negotiating 'American Legal Hegemony' in the Transnational World of Cyberspace [Search]
  Article by Brian Fitzgerald, (2003) 27 Melbourne University Law Review 590
• Dow Jones & Company Inc. v Gutnick [Search]
  High Court of Australia [2002] HCA 56 (10 December 2002)
• Dow Jones & Company, Inc v Gutnick M3/2002 (28 May 2002) [Search]
  (High Court of Australia Transcript)
• The events surrounding the denial of tenure to the late Dr David Rindos by the University of Western Australia [Search]
  1997 report which discusses the landmark online defamation case, Rindos v Hardwick, in Western Australia (Public Administration Committee of the Legislative Council of WA)
• Godfrey v. Demon Internet Limited [1999] EWHC QB 244 (26th March, 1999)
  Internet defamation
• Gutnick v Dow Jones & Co Inc [Search]
  Supreme Court of Victoria. [2001] VSC 305 (28 August 2001)
• INVESTASIA LTD. AND ANOTHER v. KODANSHA CO. LTD. AND ANOTHER HCA012519/1997 - [1999] HKCFI 522 (18 May 1999)
  Internet defamation (Hong Kong SAR, Court of First Instance)
• Macquarie Bank Limited & Anor v Berg [Search]
  New South Wales Supreme Court. [1999] NSWSC 526 (2 June 1999)
• The Place of Action Defence – A Defamation Defence for the globalised world of the 21 st Century
  Dr Dan Svantesson (Conference paper presented at Australasian Law Teachers Association Conference, July 2004, Darwin Australia) (Word format)
• PLPR, Cases and complaints: Macquarie Bank v Berg [Search]
  Privacy Law and Policy Reporter (July/August 1999 - Volume 6, No.2). Article by Zoe Parry