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Google doesn't have a problem being subject to multiple jurisdictions, just as an American company it reasonably doesn't want to apply French law outside France
by pgodzin 11y ago
Google doesn't have a problem being subject to multiple jurisdictions, just as an American company it reasonably doesn't want to apply French law outside France's jurisdiction.
- mikeash 11y agoAnd France reasonably wants French law to apply to a company with French presence. One can debate the merits of the law all day long, but in the end all that matters is that a national government is sovereign within their own territory. If they want you to do something that you don't want to do, you can remove yourself from their jurisdiction, change their mind somehow, or do it anyway.