06-28-2012, 02:51 PM | #31 |
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There is no 5th amendment right vis-a-vis activities that took place in New Zealand. That is why we build prisons on foreign soil.
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06-28-2012, 03:56 PM | #32 |
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It will be a big waste of taxpayers' money in NZ. It's just a show staged by the local police.
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06-28-2012, 05:38 PM | #33 |
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So a German-Finnish national, with New Zealand and Hong Kong residencies, operating a business completely out of U.S jurisdiction .... is getting harrassed by the U.S government?
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06-28-2012, 05:51 PM | #34 | |
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Now I don't agree with a government taking illegal actions on either home or foreign soils, and believe that they should be held accountable. However illegal activities have been conducted online for far too long simply because there is minimal accountability. (Law breakers can go to foreign soil to delay arrest and prosecution, or even seek nations that will protect them from arrest and prosecution.) So something needs to be done. |
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06-28-2012, 06:27 PM | #35 | |
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MegaUpload TOS laid out all the policies of the site and if the users who were sharing copyrighted material didn't pay attention to them, shouldn't the U.S Gov't go after them? Instead of a guy who was simply providing a helpful service to millions of people. |
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06-28-2012, 06:49 PM | #36 |
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06-28-2012, 07:18 PM | #37 | |
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And they've done it again and again in various and quite different industries, eg copyright, pharmacology etc That sucks ..... The US Gov't has no doubt bullied New Zealand into performing it's wishes in this matter as well using the Balance of Trade Agreement. A bully is a bully - whether it be a country or a person or an organisation. |
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06-28-2012, 07:27 PM | #38 | |
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Just saying "oops, human error" when there are major procedural [language edit] is just gross; those procedures are there to provide important checks on police powers that are more important than the result in any particular case. Last edited by dreams; 06-29-2012 at 01:35 AM. Reason: [language edit] |
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06-28-2012, 07:31 PM | #39 | |
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Following on from your thinking then it seems to me that the US Gov't sees itself, and acts, as the over arching Police Force of the whole world if it believes that one or more of its citizens are acting as a result of a conversation or literature that 'ended up' in the US, and others acted on it in such a way that crime/s were committed. The notion of self determination is missing. See - doesn't make sense. If the US didn't like what Megaupload was doing then simply stop it from being available in US internet space. That's what China apparently does with various programs and/or features. The US had/has options regarding the activities of Megaupload, it just didn't want to look like it was as controlling as China. |
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06-28-2012, 07:44 PM | #40 |
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Eventually we won't have things like geographic boundaries anymore, or an end to jurisdiction. Occasionally people bring up the idea of a torrent server located on an oil rig in international waters, I wonder who would be able to prosecute the admin??
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Therefore if it's a company then it would be registered on a country's stock exchange and that means that the company would be subject to a companies act and therefore legal action able to be taken on it. So, for your idea to have legs one would probably need to develop their own floating platform on the high seas, not touch land or go into the waters of any country likely to legislate against their activities, or extradite them for their activities, and employ staff (if any) outside of all industrial agreements. Of course, access and egress to this floating platform would be interesting, and would need to include work to be done on it to keep it afloat. The effects of international maritime laws are another issue. But heh .... maybe outer space has more opportunities!!! (Of course if the prime reason for this venture is to pursue criminal activities then it wouldn't elicit much sympathy and may be subjected to 'pirate' action of the cloak and dagger and big gun type - think mercenaries) Basically Giggleton I think your idea is silly, but a bit of light relief!! |
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06-28-2012, 08:12 PM | #42 |
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Giggles is in it for the long haul though; the very, very long haul. No borders (I think we'll probably have geographical boundaries...like...forever), no legal jurisdictions? Well, maybe in a few hundred years. Maybe. But probably not.
Human beings simply aren't anywhere near civilised enough for that kind of scenario. Some serious evolution is needed first. |
06-28-2012, 08:14 PM | #43 |
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I used the word may because a warrant is used to obtain evidence, evidence that is usually used in a court of law, that determines the guilt of a party.
That being said, I take serious issue with TOS being used to shelter one's self from liability. If they are hosting confidential materials (e.g. email) then yes they should be buffered from liability. Once you start publishing materials, those materials are no longer private and there should be much higher standards relating to accountability. But the way things are today, businesses are using automation and TOS to try and hide from the consequences of their actions. |
06-28-2012, 09:23 PM | #44 |
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well some kind of oil platform in international waters that is a target of a government with anavy will just cease to exist. there would be no need to take "legal" measures to enforce anything
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06-28-2012, 09:40 PM | #45 |
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And then 20, or 50, years after that, world government collapses.
History never ends, at least not until we all kill each other. And that's not happening, because after we're down to the last couple thousand, we'll probably come roaring back. |
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