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Originally Posted by GatorB
He probally doesn't. Still doesn't mean he's not breaking the law. A UK farmer can't sell beef that not labeled properly in the US and according to the DOJ this falls under the SAME rules. These aren't MY interpretations, it's the DOJ's.
Also if a UK porn producer wanted to sell his tapes and mags in US legally he certianly would have to abide by the OLD 2257 rules regaurdless. These new rules just extend this rule to us webmasters.
What would happen to a UK porn prodcuer that tired to sell tapes and mags in the US without the proper 2257? What would happen to the UK farmer trying to sell unlabled beef in the US? I don't know, but I'm sure there is some kind of recourse for that. I personally don't care if non-americans abide or not because if they get caught and the US government is able to exact some kind of penalty it's not my problem.
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Thats not the case with internet commerce though. If he's a UK based individual/corp., hosted in the UK, then that doesn't mean he's selling in the US. There is a difference between selling in the US and selling to people in the US - if I, as an American, go to his site and buy porn, then that makes me an importer of it.. The fact that he is the passive party means that he's not selling within US jurisdiction, although the US can bar its residents from buying porn from the UK.