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Old 04-21-2011, 09:27 AM  
Quentin
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Originally Posted by WarChild View Post
I wonder how that works since it's not a US company and not owned by Americans.
The short answer is that a company does not have to be U.S.-based (nor do its owners/principals) in order for a U.S. court to assert jurisdiction over that entity. If the company transacts business in the U.S., has content on servers within the U.S., etc., such things are a sufficient 'nexus' for the court to assert jurisdiction.

The long answer is too complicated for satisfactory explanation on a webmaster message board.... and way too nuanced to be addressed by a layman like myself, anyway. ;-)

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