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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Yeap, because they may have been facilitating U.S. citizens in breaking U.S. law on U.S. soil. Copyrights are also governed by international agreements, so there is a huge incentive for foreign governments to cooperate.
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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Originally Posted by Giggleton
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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The oil rig would no doubt be registered under a specific country's laws, and no doubt it is a company that owns it or leases it, not an individual.
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!!