Oh the jurisdiction is clear. All of those countries have it. The problem is getting the defendant to appear in court.
j der Mouse wrote: >> The interesting aspect of this ruling is that it [...] has affirmed >> [...] that "online behaviour" is (largely) ruled by the same laws, >> customs and so on as "real world" behaviours. >> > > Except it hasn't, because it isn't. At least not in general. > > "Online" behaviour _is_ ruled by the same laws and customs as off-net > behaviour when all, or at least enough, of the parties are in the same > (off-net) jurisdiction. _That_ is what this ruling has affirmed. > > But, unlike offline behaviour, on-the-net behaviour is very often > thoroughly cross-jurisdictional, with no clear way to determine whose > laws apply. Someone in Germany buys from a Japanese company through an > Egyptian-hosted website paying with a US payment broker and the product > ships from Brazil, and it's, um, a little less clear. > > Nor do you really want it otherwise, I suspect, because I suspect that > most of your - and my, and just about everyone else's - on-net actions > are illegal _somewhere_. Unless you expect to enforce your laws > against others but are unwilling to accept reciprocal enforcement of > others' laws againt you. > > >> If you really thought that just because computers, "virtual >> communities" and other such electronic ephemeera were involved that >> somehow all this "int-duh-web stuff" was magically "different" or >> "special", then maybe _you_ are the "special" one??? >> > > Not just because they're involved, but because they are fundamentally > different. See by blah entry on the subject, > http://ftp.rodents-montreal.org/mouse/blah/2009-09-08-1.html, > if you're interested in my thoughts on the matter. > > /~\ The ASCII Mouse > \ / Ribbon Campaign > X Against HTML [email protected] > / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
