• MF_COOM [he/him]English
    38•1 month ago

    How easy is it to sue people who live in different countries? Is that even possible?

    • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]English
      32•1 month ago

      It probably helps that those two have income from France. Elon bc Twitter operates in France and I’m pretty sure Teslas are sold there, Rowling bc Harry Potter shit is sold in France

      • Sulvor [he/him, undecided]English
        18•1 month ago

        Isn’t that income through a business they are employed at? Like Musk is CEO of Tesla but Tesla pays him in the US.

        Idk about EU/French law but I think in the US you wouldn’t be able to get to it, same way these people are avoiding personal income tax.

        I could be totally wrong.

        • ClimateChangeAnxiety [he/him, they/them]English
          14•1 month ago

          I also have no idea. I wouldn’t be surprised if Rowling has a closer connection and is more vulnerable, since they’re books and she’s the author and presumably the copyright holder?

    • gay_king_prince_charles [she/her, he/him]English
      16•1 month ago

      An Algerian filing a complaint (unsure what that means here) in France against a Brit and a Yank, each of whom have companies registered in the EU (I think Tesla and Harry Potter have European subsidiaries) seems like lawyer hell.

    • StalinStan [none/use name]English
      15•1 month ago

      The English libel laws are extremely annoying from what I remember so Rowling is likely to have to lawyer up real hard.