French to English Law/Patents Internet, e-Commerce Case of alleged defamation on a website

Here it is in context:

"Monsieur [Demandeur] ne caractérise aucun lien suffisant, substantiel ou significatif entre le refus d'insertion d'un droit de réponse sur le site "website.co.uk" et le territoire français. Et pour cause, le site "website.co.uk" est, à l'égard du public français, totalement ** passif **. De plus, il ne vise pas le public français. Il regroupe des articles de diverses publications anglaises et est rédigé exclusivement en langue anglaise."

This document is trying to argue that the French courts do not have jurisdiction to try this case as the fact that a website is accessible from practically everywhere in the world precludes all of the world's laws applying to it simultaneously - hence the need to find a genuine connection between the facts of the case and France (other than the mere fact of the plaintiff's having been on French soil when he/she read the offending article).

'Passif' seems like an odd word to use here to describe the relationship between the website and the French public - would 'neutral' be better, perhaps? Any thoughts?