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Originally posted by XYCash
I've said before - *maybe* his hosting service could be held liable for his not having 2257 up, but C'mon - GFY doesn't even have a statement to minors to keep out or a 2257 statement despite the fact I've seen pics here as explicit as women blowing horses -
my point being our justice department has plenty to do dealing with actual U.S. residents and I'd be hard pressed to believe they would go after this guy for having a few pics on his tour being that he is a Canadian citizen and outside the boundry of U.S. laws.
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First of all, I think it invites all sorts of fallacies to conflate what is legal with what the law is likely to prosecute. Let's concern ourselves with whether he is breaking the law.
I do sortof see your point, but I think you are wrong. If I sell drugs via FedEx to someone in the US, I am breaking US law. FedEx is much less likely to be charged than I am. The same goes for this guy and his US host.
Precident has already shown that US laws can cover situations where people commit crimes outside of US soil, crossing international boundaries using the internet. The famous DeCSS case is one example. French censorship laws having an influence on the content of Yahoo is another.
This guy is breaking at least one US law. Because he chooses to use US hosting, and apparently has other US presence as well, he is accountable to US law. Likewise, because his site is visible to Americans, there is potential legal trouble there as well. (As strange as that sounds.) If he isolated his business to Canada, then he would be in better shape, but he doesn't.
Also, there are plenty of laws he is breaking that I am sure apply in Canada as well. Canada has signed international copyright treaties, right?