Comments on: U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000

“Each country has its own set of rules and you can not enforce those rules on any other country. ”

Except by force. Sometimes military, sometimes economic, but force has been shown to work tolerably well whenever reasoning and law are too cumbersome to bother with.

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Sun, 12 May 2013 19:54:00 +0000

I say that you haven’t thought the matter through.

It would appear, from the DoJ letter, that they want to change the law “ex post facto” and that is a no-no dating back centuries.

Their motivation, whatever it may be, is wrong.

A new law could be written that would apply to all US citizens and those who violate it, after its effective date, could be penalized. But, no law can be written that is binding on foreign nationals who do not violate it while on US soil.

It is true that the internet has made transnational crimes much easier today, but that is a matter for international treaties and not unilateral laws of a single sovereign state.

If the US is ever to know any sort of peace, we’ve got to get over the sense that we are the only nation that matters.

If the US can enforce its laws globally, what is to keep other nations from doing the same? Even if you toe the line perfectly in the US (I assure you that, no matter how strongly motivated to do so you may be, you do not), are you living up to the laws of Russia, Kazakhstan, China, Afghanistan and Myanmar?

You aren’t even aware of all the laws of the US and how they might affect you. Do you have ANY knowledge concerning the laws of other nations?

You might be surprised how little it takes to garner a prison sentence elsewhere. For instance, it is legal to be a Christian in America and to recommend that faith to others. You can’t get away with this in any Muslim country that I am aware of.

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By: watzizname

watzizname — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:39:00 +0000

I hope they win this, It’d be nice to see my por… linux iso’s collection again :)

By: dramafreebrother

dramafreebrother — Thu, 09 May 2013 17:22:00 +0000

United $nitches of America, please shut the fuck up

you being emotional doesn’t help anyone, neither yourself, fucking cunt

By: matt

matt — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:41:00 +0000

Queen of England and King of the Netherlands try keeping upto date in world affairs.

By: Fjordthuundirbeard

Fjordthuundirbeard — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:38:00 +0000

The law is usually a facade, and a flimsy cover for executing the wishes of our corporate masters. It’s so obviously unjustly carried out almost all the time that it’s blowing the fuck out of your house and saying god did it with a smile. They will say anything.

By: Ted

Ted — Wed, 08 May 2013 10:58:00 +0000

Fuck US. They want to rule the world so badly. They’re the most extremist country on this fucking planet. They sure are the ones bombing the most other countries… Yes, fuck US.

By: JG

JG — Wed, 08 May 2013 08:15:00 +0000

1.) How would closing the loophole in the law affect this case? I’m not a lawyer, but I don’t think changes in the law would be applied retroactively. If the case is dismissed, they could refile under the new law, assuming jeopardy isn’t attached But changing the law now would not make it OK that they didn’t file with a US address… I mean if they pass a law today stating blue jeans can’t be worn in public, I couldn’t be arrested for wearing them in public yesterday…

2.) Are they really serious claiming everyone is subjective to US laws, even if they never set foot in the US?!? The courts are gonna get swamped with a large backlog then…. Most European countries and Canada have the gall to let people drink at 18 (some even as young as 16), clearly violating US law that mandates a minimum age of 21… That’s going to be a hella lot of underage citations…. And that’s just one law, I’m sure there are countless others….

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