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Originally Posted by pdurrant
I think we're saying the same thing with slightly different terminology.
That a domain name is registered/hosted with a US company or whether a web site is hosted/served by a US company is neither here nor there in this instance.
The question is, in which country is the company selling the product based? Which country's laws does it have to obey?
None of them are based in the US. Or if they are, they are liable to criminal prosecution.
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Well we're not actually.
If a website is Hosted by an American company, Godaddy, in this example, then they are renting space on servers which are based on American soil. They would then come under American law as far as copyright infringement is concerned. This I know for a fact because I rent servers in Texas and although I am based in Europe, have to abide by American Jurisprudence.
What I am not sure of is: If a website is registered by an American company (Godaddy) but the website owners are based outside of America, they are governed by the same American laws. Common sense tells me that they would be, but then Common Sense and Law don't go hand in hand.