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Re:Court Rules That EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month Post Is... by CPAhem on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @02:15AM (#15746261)
Australia has some of the most draconian anti-libel laws in the English-speaking world.

A judge recently sent a blogger to jail for 4 months for "libel" even though the truth of the matter was not disputed.

A book on Chinese bribing of Australian politicians has been withdrawn after defamation threats from these politicians.

This was largely unreported in the Australian press, only in the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/world/australia/china-aus...

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Re:Court Rules That EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month Post Is... by jlawer on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:28AM (#15747422)
Was on the front page of abc's news site... not sure how unreported that was : http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-13/academic-claims-hes-be...
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Re:Court Rules That EFF's Stupid Patent of the Month Post Is... by em3rgent0rdr on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:13AM (#15747326)
Could you point me to a source about the defamation threats that hampered this story from being published in Australia.
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