Re: Canadian Hosting Providers - how do you handle copyright and trademark complaints

[Roy <r.engehausen () gmail com>]

On 6/6/2013 11:07 AM, Owen DeLong wrote:
> On Jun 5, 2013, at 22:30 , Roy <r.engehausen () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On 6/5/2013 4:40 PM, Nick Khamis wrote:
> > > On 6/5/13, Sameer Khosla <skhosla () neutraldata com> wrote:
> > > > My personal favorite is the number of notices that we receive as DMCA
> > > > takedown notices, citing the specific laws.
> > > I'm not sure US copyright laws even apply to us here in Canada?
> > > What countries have no internet laws?
> > >
> > > N.
> > US laws apply where ever the US says they apply.
> How do you figure that?

A government can say anything it wants to

> The US power to enforce US law is limited to:
>
>         1.      US Citizens (pretty much wherever they are, unfortunately)
>         2.      Things that happen within the borders of the united states
>         3.      Transactions involving entities within the borders of the united states or
>                 citizens of the US.
>
> Beyond that, their power is supposed to be pretty limited.

Limited by who?

A government can pass any law that it wants to and apply it to anyone.  
It then becomes a question of how it enforces that law and that is 
limited by its ability to project power.  See

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mouse_That_Roared


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