On Fri, Sep 09, 2005 at 05:35:36PM +0100, Matthew Garrett wrote: > George Danchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Friday 09 September 2005 18:24, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >> But that's already possible. The majority (all?) of licenses that we > >> ship don't prevent me from being sued arbitrarily. The only difference > >> that choice of venue makes is that it potentially increases the cost for > >> me. Within the UK alone, I can end up paying fairly large travel fees to > >> deal with a court case. But I'll have to pay a lot more for a lawyer. > >> Being sued in the US wouldn't be significantly more expensive for me > >> than being sued here. > > > > The problem is not only with the expensive funny lawsuit trips, you may > > find > > some jurisdictions and local lows quite ... let's say just strange. > > That's choice of law, rather than choice of venue. I was under the > impression that it was generally accepted.
I wonder, let's say you are going to be judged in some random US court, even if it is with German laws, you still would fall into common US-practice legal or something such ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
