IP: interesting point -- Judge: Yahoo not bound by French Nazi ban

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2001 13:09:16 -0600
> From: gep2 () terabites com
> Subject: IP: Judge: Yahoo not bound by French Nazi ban
> To: dave () farber net
>
>
> The problem, of course, is that Yahoo has in fact a physical presence (and
> assets) in France which a French court can seize based on THEIR 
> interpretation
> of THEIR laws.
>
> This whole "nexus" issue is, of course, the big sticking point as well on
> Internet sales taxation... whose laws, taxes, etc apply?  This is especially
> sticky as (in this case) where you're dealing with something that crosses
> international (and not just state) boundaries and where there are even 
> multiple
> companies involved... ISPs, backbone providers, Web hosting companies, and on
> and on... and it's not even always clear "who to sue".
>
> I think it IS interesting, though, that this is an area where big, 
> multinational
> corporations (like Yahoo) have a natural DISADVANTAGE compared to small, 
> local
> operators... in that the big guys have physical presence under multiple
> jurisdictions, and therefore subject themselves to a far more discouraging
> assortment of (sometimes mutually exclusive) laws governing their operations.


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