On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 05:32:18PM -0500, Spencer Dawkins at IETF wrote: > On Mar 19, 2015 5:16 PM, "Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > I read "local law" as meaning the law where the interaction is taking > place. > > As did I. But that's not necessarily what a court might believe. The UK is famous for its libel law's extensive reach. An event need not have any relation to such a court's physical jurisdiction, and yet they might claim jurisdiction anyways. Be careful. > > While that can get very complicated for electronic interaction, for the > example you chose to cite it is very clear. If Charlie Hebdo's cover > violates local law where you are reading it, you have chosen to ask for > more trouble than just a discussion with the IETF harrasment ombudsman. > > Indeed. +1.