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France: Criminal Charges Against Yahoo's Ex-CEO

Posted by timothy on from the there's-something-criminal-alright dept.

Hank Reardon writes: "According to this C|NET article, former Yahoo CEO Timothy Koogle is being charged criminally for allowing the sale of various Nazi memorabilia on Yahoo's auctions pages. Ther article notes that the charges were filed in regardless of the offending items being removed from the French Yahoo! pages. Is it just me or do the lines between national and international law seem to be blurring?"

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  1. In other news... by DeLabarre · · Score: 5, Funny

    When Koogle vowed to vigorously defend himself in court, France immediately surrendered.

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  2. Dmitry Sklyarov double standard by andaru · · Score: 4, Insightful
    The judge ruled that French laws don't apply to U.S. businesses, but it obviously doesn't work the other way around, as in the case of Dmitry Sklyarov.

    They should have waited to file charges until Timothy Koogle was vacationing on the French Riviera, rather than having to try to extradite him.

    I guess it's time to brush up on your foreign law, since we will all have to start obeying the laws of every other country in the world, including those that are mutually exclusive.

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