It doesn't seem risky in the US, I'm not aware of any similar laws here.
Fortunately, I don't live in the UK, so their laws don't apply to me, even if they say they do.
Fortunately, I don't live in the UK, so their laws don't apply to me, even if they say they do.
It's more generally called "forum shopping" but specfically it would be "libel tourism".
http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?stor... might open your eyes a little: >The most famous example is the case of Rachel Ehrenfeld, an American who wrote a book about the funding of Islamic terrorism. It sold a mere 23 copies in Britain, over the internet. But a Saudi businessman sued her in a London court and was awarded over £100,000 ($160,000).
>> Despite its track record of successfully defending cases brought in U.S. courts, in July 2003 a default judgment was entered against the site in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court High Court of Justice for EC$27,100,932.00.[4] The award, made in Eastern Caribbean currency rather than U.S. dollars, has not been recognized or enforced by any U.S. Court.