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Originally Posted by Dagwolf
This sounds about right to me.
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Mmmm... kinda agree. It's like some court in the UK hearing offenses against UK law when the defendant is a US corp and with no presence in the UK - totally absurd. Even worse is the fact that the judge decided the case without representation from the defendants.
Can't see *any* judge in the UK (or possibly the EU) even starting to listen to a case where the defendants are a foreign entity and not in court - it basically falls outside the courts jurisdiction, regardless the activity is "international" by the nature of the net.
Bottom line, the "offense" must be an offense under the laws of the country hosting the legal entity - eg Spamhaus and the "host country" is the UK in this instance. All laws of other countries are irrelevant unless they are extradictable offenses or stuff like murder, drugs trafficking etc.
But sure - would be nice to see Spamhaus go
PS Another recent example of this is the gaming laws in the US. There is a US citizen wanted in connection with gaming operations outside the US. Wondered why the US were slow in issuing a promised extradiction application - it turns out the courts where the gaming is controlled from have no intention of listening to extradiction agreements because the alleged offenses are not in violation of any local laws.