Comments on: Fallen Earth And The FTC http://stroppsworld.com/2009/10/06/fallen-earth-and-the-ftc/ Spank That Orc, He Likes It Fri, 18 May 2012 05:02:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blue Kae http://stroppsworld.com/2009/10/06/fallen-earth-and-the-ftc/#comment-41701 Blue Kae Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=918#comment-41701 I hadn't considered the hosting and domain registrar locations, that's a good point. Of course, I'm American so I would be affected regardless of where I was hosting my blog. Unfortunately that's too true about the national borders blurring and people having to be more concerned about getting arrested while traveling. I don't remember the specifics but there have been a few other cases like the Russian programmer you mentioned, some where the person wasn't even actually traveling to the US but was just on a layover. I hadn’t considered the hosting and domain registrar locations, that’s a good point. Of course, I’m American so I would be affected regardless of where I was hosting my blog.

Unfortunately that’s too true about the national borders blurring and people having to be more concerned about getting arrested while traveling. I don’t remember the specifics but there have been a few other cases like the Russian programmer you mentioned, some where the person wasn’t even actually traveling to the US but was just on a layover.

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]]> By: Stropp http://stroppsworld.com/2009/10/06/fallen-earth-and-the-ftc/#comment-41699 Stropp Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:08:01 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=918#comment-41699 Probably not, but that may be a gray area since even though I am an Aussie citizen, this blog is hosted on a US based server, and my domain is registered though a US based provider. US government agencies have gone after non-US nationals who have not broken the laws of their country, but have broken a US law. Remember the Russian programmer arrested by the FBI (at the behest of Adobe) a few years ago? While working for a Russian company, he wrote some software that broke Adobe's software protection. When he entered the US for a conference he was promptly arrested for a DMCA violation. It took a while to get it sorted out iirc and the programmer was left in limbo for a long time. (It ended up with Adobe embarressed by the negative publicity and quietly dropping their complaint.) And don't forget the recent case of Evony. A US gold seller suing a British national in an Australian court. Or threatening to do so anyway. (Not sure what's happening there lately.) National boundaries are blurring, for better or worse, and it's something we'll all have to be aware of in the coming years. Probably not, but that may be a gray area since even though I am an Aussie citizen, this blog is hosted on a US based server, and my domain is registered though a US based provider.

US government agencies have gone after non-US nationals who have not broken the laws of their country, but have broken a US law.

Remember the Russian programmer arrested by the FBI (at the behest of Adobe) a few years ago? While working for a Russian company, he wrote some software that broke Adobe’s software protection. When he entered the US for a conference he was promptly arrested for a DMCA violation. It took a while to get it sorted out iirc and the programmer was left in limbo for a long time. (It ended up with Adobe embarressed by the negative publicity and quietly dropping their complaint.)

And don’t forget the recent case of Evony. A US gold seller suing a British national in an Australian court. Or threatening to do so anyway. (Not sure what’s happening there lately.)

National boundaries are blurring, for better or worse, and it’s something we’ll all have to be aware of in the coming years.

]]> By: Blue Kae http://stroppsworld.com/2009/10/06/fallen-earth-and-the-ftc/#comment-41698 Blue Kae Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:00:17 +0000 http://stroppsworld.com/?p=918#comment-41698 Do you even need to worry about the FTC? Do you even need to worry about the FTC?

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