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Originally Posted by Jenny S.
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Am I a citizen or legal resident of Gibraltar?
Are my CC Bill checks being paid out in Gibraltar?
If you answer only the last question with "yes" because you set up a bank account there where you bunker your money, the next question would be "are you a tax evader or a money launderer?"
Means, if your ass physically sits in the USA most of the time, and you are a US citizen, and receive your $$ in your home mailbox you better follow US rules.
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If it was that easy... For real, this is probably THE general problem of internet law today, and worldwide a lot of attorneys and other law experts are discussing about this all the time. Which law is applicable for a website, and what are the criterions. People are even writing their diplomas about that topic.
Some say the only thing that matters is where the actual webmaster has his location. Some even say that it matters where the URL and actual space is hosted. A lot of different views on that and afaik there are no binding decisions or court rulings available so far - although I'm not that familiar with US law.
But about what you said - imagine the following situation. We have an offshore company in Gibraltar and this company runs an affiliate program and some XXX websites. There are three webmasters behind this company, one in the US, one in Sweden and one in the Netherlands, all of them working from their homes. The money is wired to an offshore account in Gibraltar and all three take their money from this account.
Now you tell me which "youth protection law" is relevant for those sites. US? Swedish? Dutch? Gibraltar's?
So for everyone who wants a definite answer to this question - I'm sorry, there is none
PS: Of course it can't hurt to follow US rules if your ass ists in the US
