The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay in the case of the Texan computer guy who posted DVD "decryption" codes on the web, according to this. This is the case in which the California Supreme Court recently declined to assert jurisdiction over allegedly tortious acts that took place in Texas and Indiana, as discussed below. The ultimate issue is where web posters can be sued, given the reach of the "world wide" web. Wherever their websites can be accessed, or only where those websites are written and posted? The Australian Supreme Court recently answered the question with -- essentially -- "anywhere." UPDATE to UPDATE The Supreme Court has dissolved the stay, after the defendant's lawyers argued that the encryption codes the stay sought to keep secret have already been widely disseminated, and that the defendant had no intention of re-publishing them. The action is described here.