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Originally Posted by Michaelious
How much of a pain in the backside is this 2257?
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Substantial Michaelious!! :-)
It's a law that would be (and has) been accepted in the US. It's not the type of law that has a chance in hell of existing in the EU or most other places. The US has an undercurrent of very warped ideas - mainly coming for a minority and they can cause havoc.
If you are actually sitting on the top of heather-covered hills in Scotland - there is no way ya need to be concerned about US charades :-) Just don't host in the US and have nada contact on a biz level - it's far easier.
I'm spread over several countries and have no US hosting and none of these countries are the slightest bit interested in listening to US Civil Code - they have their own laws.
Who knows what may happen, but I can't see even US folks sitting back and accepting some of the elements in 2257 - if they do, I give up all faith in em!:-)
Currently the US DOJ have made statements about "foreign servers" and these are, as most is, more verbal. The US has the right to block "foreign servers" - the same as any country has. But, that does not happen without hearings, - not just in the US, but with other trading partners/countries - that will take years to resolve.
The same bs was adopted by the online gambling industry.. and ya know what happened to that. ie.. WTO judgement against the US and now a considerable amount of gambling operations are being operated via the EU countries. Frankly.. I dunno why the US keeps shooting itself in the foot.