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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
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.
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For copyright infringement it is tricky. For copyright infringement, server location does matter, which is one reason why MobileRead's servers are in Canada.
But for a sale of software, I think it's the location of the company that's important, as (in general) the US can't prosecute people who aren't in the US. Of course, given the
Skylarov precedent, if I was part of a company selling DVD ripping software, I would be hesitant about visiting the US.