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Originally Posted by k0nr4d
Right, and to collect on it they'd have to sue you in Australia because a USA judgement doesn't mean anything in AU. They won, but really if you aren't planning on having any assets in the US it doesn't matter much.
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Not this pertains to the OP's original question but I need to correct this...
If you have domain names that are .com, .net, .org or any of the other US based domains then you do have assets in the US that can be taken. Its called an In Rem action.
Once there is a judgement, a smart creditor can ask the courts to seize the domains and place them into an auction to satisfy the judgement. You can lose the domains of your most important sites.
Second, if you have billing (or an affiliate site) through a US based billing company, then your money flows through a US bank and can be attached and taken before they are deposited in your bank.
If you have a trademark or copyrights in the US, those are also tangible property that can be seized and sold to satisfy the judgement.
To believe you can sit back and do nothing because the Plaintiff will have to come to my country is just incorrect.
Granted the value of those assets may not be enough to satisfy the judgement but losing all of your domains, especially the domain of your most profitable site might be enough to force you to deal with the judgement before your entire business is decimated and you have to begin all over with new domains.