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Originally Posted by EukerVoorn
Originally Posted by DamianJ
Paul, the internet is global. There are no global laws. Each country has their own laws.
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So each country should regulate what's published in their own country. We agree.
This is problematic.
The best way to fight illegal porn and stolen content is at the roots, thus at server/site owner level. For cp, bestiality, snuff and copyright infringement this is easy and logic. All this is illegal everywhere so it can be dealt with at server/site owner level.
Content that isn't illegal everywhere, for example scat, could/should be blocked at service provider level. It would be impossible for the US to take down a server in Amsterdam because there is scat content distributed to US citizens from that server.
Anyway, yes the internet should be regulated by applying the existing laws to it, don't make new separate laws for the internet. What's illegal in real life is illegal on the internet as well, simple.
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Well if stopping it at "server/site owner level" worked it would be fine. Sadly on some of the examples, piracy being the worse, it doesn't work.
For content like scat, where it's illegal in the US and legal in another country there are bigger problems. Should a server be forced by law to make sure it's blocked from countries where it is illegal or should a country do the blocking itself. Maybe by the US saying US CC companies are not allowed to process payments, or just waiting for the owner to step onto US soil to arrest him?
Yes offline laws should apply to online laws, it's making them enforceable that's the problem. As Damian says the Internet is Global. So while it may be legal in one country, it gets published world wide in places it's illegal. The existing laws are often powerless in dealing with new technologies. so laws have to be updated to the present day and level of technology.