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Old 05-31-2005, 07:30 PM  
Webby
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Originally Posted by pstation
i dont see how hosting offshore would hosting would make a difference, if you're a us resident then you're a bound by US laws regardless of where you have your stuff hosted at, for example elitetorrents was hosted in the netherlands and the feds had no problem confiscating the server even though it was in NL
Dunno about the owners/operators of elitetorrents, but that domain was not "confiscated" by any officer of the US Govt. They have no legal authority in the Netherlands to do this. The domain was terminated because it violated the laws of Holland.
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