Dan L. Burk, a University of Minnesota law professor who has written about online jurisdiction, said that the law views a publisher as intentionally directing harm to the place where the libel victim's reputation matters -- where he or she lives, and where his or her friends read the articles.
So there won't be any direct harm to them.
And there's direct harm done to our economy.
But I doubt that mainstream porn really does much direct harm.
But, unlike the sanctions on Iraq, they did no direct harm to ordinary Libyans.
"We're not talking about levels that cause direct harm when I'm one kilometre offshore," says Buesseler.
A business that experiences a little direct harm from the act may benefit on the whole because competitors are harmed more.
So as well as direct harm to the natural environment, there's a potential knock-on effect on human societies and economies.
Studies of brain function show evidence of direct harm to the brains of young children who watch television for two or more hours a day.
Tottenham, all the same, could do no direct harm to these visitors, particularly since all appeals for penalties were rejected by the official.
But, as medical science has realized over the past few decades, the most prevalent cold viruses in fact do little direct harm to our cells.
