But I've never been to Ouagadougou

September 12, 2002

Ahh, the Internet. I can post something from New York to my server in Massachusetts which can be downloaded within seconds by someone in Denmark. Because the Internet completely ignores geography, what courts have jurisdiction over the Internet? California's state courts want that jurisdiction. Denise Howell covers the oral arguments in Pavlovich v. Superior Court (or: why you may have to learn to love the California court system if you're posting on the Web.)