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FW: Location of server irrelevant in UK.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Wed Sep 8 11:12:43 1999
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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Hettinga's Law of Universal Jurisdiction: The internet makes
everything illegal, everywhere, all the time. Of course, that won't
stop progress much, any more than theocratic feudalism could stop a
money economy, firearms, and the advent of the nation-state.
Cheers,
RAH
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From: Jerald Gnuschke <Jerald.Gnuschke@NOKIA.COM>
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This was posted to the trademark-l list. I think it's more appropriate for
cyberia-l. Apologies in advance if Nathaly also posts it to cyberia.
J.
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From: EXT Nathaly Vermette [mailto:nathalyv@ocongreen.qc.ca]
Sent: 8. September 1999 9:06 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Location of server irrelevant in UK.
Location of server irrelevant in UK.
Wherever Your Servers Are, You're Here
UK case may set precedent.....
Graham Waddon, a 29-year-old businessman from Surrey, England was given
an 18-month suspended sentence for running the UK's largest porn
operation from servers located in America. Until now, it was unclear
whether individuals could be prosecuted for distributing pornography if
their servers were outside the UK. In a landmark ruling Judge
Christopher Hardy ruled the images were uploaded from the UK and were
therefore subject to British law.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2329295,00.html
Nathaly J. Vermette, LL.B.
O'Connor Greenspoon
2000 Mansfield, Suite 1400
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 3A2 CANADA
Voice: (514) 499-9400 ext. 36
Fax: (514) 499-9829
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Private reply: "Nathaly Vermette" <nathalyv@ocongreen.qc.ca>
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
