I think that you're right. IIRC, extradition treaties only apply to criminal proceedings, not civil suits. However, UK courts could probably seize any assets that you have there.
You mean the UK, right? Of course, giving the DNS to the UN would be a problem, after that idiot "no criticism of religions" resolution that they passed.
This is sensible. One of those days, the "collaborating"* ISPs are gonna cut the wrong guy by mistake and will be slapped with a breach of contract suit with the usual astronomical claims...
After all, we're all entitled to proper due process.
* In the same negative sense as those french who collaborated with the nazis during WW-II.
Breach of Contract? You mean that part of ISP contracts where they say that they can terminate your service for any reason?
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I think that you're right. IIRC, extradition treaties only apply to criminal proceedings, not civil suits. However, UK courts could probably seize any assets that you have there.
You mean the UK, right? Of course, giving the DNS to the UN would be a problem, after that idiot "no criticism of religions" resolution that they passed.
What about software developers? What would WE do without Internet?
umm, i don't know, maybe develop software? moron.
The point was that, without the Internet, the large scale collaberation typical of open-source projects would be mostly impossible.
This is sensible. One of those days, the "collaborating"* ISPs are gonna cut the wrong guy by mistake and will be slapped with a breach of contract suit with the usual astronomical claims...
After all, we're all entitled to proper due process.
* In the same negative sense as those french who collaborated with the nazis during WW-II.
Breach of Contract? You mean that part of ISP contracts where they say that they can terminate your service for any reason?
No, because of the title. "HIV Transmission Captured On Video"
A law outlawing free speech would crash and burn in the US.
Good troll though. =D
You mean like some sort of Act that brought Copyrights into the Digital Millenium?
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That unpossible!
That's because 18 USC 2315 only applys if you knowingly receive the stolen goods.
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