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Tuesday, January 09, 2007

German libelous post got sued in China

German blogger got sued in ChinaDo you know you can get sue by other country if they think your blog is defamatory? Well China has just cross over border and ask a blogger to appear before a China courts. The story is about two bus design that resembles each other, Der Spiegel writes a story and posted on his blog with head lines “Chinese Steal bus design from MAN”. Numerous blogs are on this matter now, view them here, here and here, the last link got both the buses in view.

Update: Opinion from ChinaLawBlog,
"This is not new in that there have been previous defamation cases involving the internet reaching from one country to another, but it certainly will be interesting what China has to say about this. "

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