If a server with content is in one country and it's content is considered offensive or illegal in some way in another country there exists a problem of enforcement. Simply put, no nation has the power to create laws governing another nation or it's citizens.
One of the more famous pieces of legislature that falls under this category was Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. At the time of the proclamation, the Confederate States of America had already seceded from the United States, thus were a separate entity, yet the EP ordered the release of all slaves in the South (not the North). This was simply a Pr campaign that, at the time, was unenforcable(sp?).
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If a server with content is in one country and it's content is considered offensive or illegal in some way in another country there exists a problem of enforcement. Simply put, no nation has the power to create laws governing another nation or it's citizens.
One of the more famous pieces of legislature that falls under this category was Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation. At the time of the proclamation, the Confederate States of America had already seceded from the United States, thus were a separate entity, yet the EP ordered the release of all slaves in the South (not the North). This was simply a Pr campaign that, at the time, was unenforcable(sp?).