Hopefully nothing, because they are not in the EU.
American courts will probably not collect taxes for a foreign country, absent some sort of treaty.
Consider a small "etailer," which has no presence in the EU, except that its website is accessible from anywhere on the planet, and if asked, it will ship to anywhere on the planet.
Would that be enough for the EU to regulate the etailer? Remember, because they have no physical presence in europe, the EU would have to get an American court to enforce the regulation. And American courts prefer to enforce American law.
Remember when some French groups tried to go after Yahoo in the American courts over nazi memorabilia on its American website? It was accessible in France but not targetted to the French. They got a lesson on the First Amendment.
I believe this is more of an issue for companies that have a presence in the EU. Physical servers, offices, etc. Otherwise they would not be able to enforce it unless they had a treaty with the United States.
Verizon has a nice feature called Mobile Office, which allows you to use your cell phone as a modem, using your regular calling minutes... and if you have free nights and weekends, it is free during those hours!
It's SLOW (14.4k), but free is always good.
You just need a phone and a separate cable to connect a laptop or pda via serial or usb port.
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may or not be worse... the point is that it is SUPPOSED to be better.
Hopefully nothing, because they are not in the EU.
American courts will probably not collect taxes for a foreign country, absent some sort of treaty.
Consider a small "etailer," which has no presence in the EU, except that its website is accessible from anywhere on the planet, and if asked, it will ship to anywhere on the planet.
Would that be enough for the EU to regulate the etailer? Remember, because they have no physical presence in europe, the EU would have to get an American court to enforce the regulation. And American courts prefer to enforce American law.
Remember when some French groups tried to go after Yahoo in the American courts over nazi memorabilia on its American website? It was accessible in France but not targetted to the French. They got a lesson on the First Amendment.
I believe this is more of an issue for companies that have a presence in the EU. Physical servers, offices, etc. Otherwise they would not be able to enforce it unless they had a treaty with the United States.
I don't believe this is real.
It is more cost-effective to make an example of someone by hiring an actor to fake it. No teams of lawyers to pay... no court documents to swear to.
What better way to fan the flames of urban legend than to create your own cautionary tale?
They want to make an example out of him. Any sort of nondisclosure clause would be counterproductive from the RIAA's perspective.
It's SLOW (14.4k), but free is always good.
You just need a phone and a separate cable to connect a laptop or pda via serial or usb port.