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Originally Posted by nextri
This is not a good thing at all. It basically gives the US court system control over the internet. The internet is international, and it's not right that it's controlled by the US. Foreign webmasters and domain owners have little chance of getting a fair chance to defend themselves in a US court, considering the costs involved in having legal representation in a foreign country.
I'm all for ways to prevent content theft and piracy, but giving the US government control over the rest of the world when it comes to the internet, is not the right way to do it. They basically want to make US laws apply to everyone all over the world in regards to the internet.
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Well, with all due respect, .com is a USA based registry, so no matter what they are bound by USA laws. Verisign is out of the Commonwealth of the State of Virginia, USA. If I broke laws in France, and I had to represent myself there, then so be it. I wouldn't break laws in or on the countries jurisdiction that I didn't want to defend myself on. Criminals don't really think things through.
Don't break the law and you won't have to represent yourself is the way I look at it.