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countries' laws only apply within its borders. An Australian court cannot fine the EFF or force them to modify their website because it does not operate within

countries' laws only apply within its borders. An Australian court cannot fine the EFF or force them to modify their website because it does not operate within Australia, they have no ability to "force" the EEF to do anything. Google only had to obey the Canadian Court because it has operates in Canada [0] [0]: https://www.google.ca/about/locations/?region=north-america https://www.google.ca/about/locations/?region=north-america

bdonlan 9y ago
Could they obtain an injunction forcing Australian ISPs to block the EFF website?
- benchaney 9y ago
  Possibly, although that depends on Australian law, may be impractical, and will be of limited effectiveness.
  - Joakal 9y ago
    They can censor EFF's website against Australians. There's a Internet censorship scheme available to courts.
vidarh 9y ago
Countries laws apply wherever they say they do. Whether they are able to enforce them is a secondary issue. Some countries do claim jurisdiction outside their own borders for certain types of cases.
- kwhitefoot 9y ago
  Generally only for their own citizens. This covers, for instance, cases of sex tourism.
  - germanier 9y ago
    The German criminal law explicitly covers e.g. all cases of money counterfeiting, human trafficking, and war crimes worldwide regardless of nationality. They have given themselves some binding restrictions on what cases should be prosecuted. Of course enforcement is usually hard to impossible so it does not get used often. But just as an example, a German court has sentenced an Rwandan FDLR president for assisting war crimes even though there is absolutely no connection to Germany. Germany is not alone in claiming universal jurisdiction for certain crimes.
  - zaarn 9y ago
    The EU GDPR regulation applies to people interacting with citizens of the EU, not only EU citizens. Law can certainly apply to foreign legal entities as defined by the local legislation if the legal code permits such.

bdonlan 9y ago

Could they obtain an injunction forcing Australian ISPs to block the EFF website?

benchaney 9y ago
Possibly, although that depends on Australian law, may be impractical, and will be of limited effectiveness.
- Joakal 9y ago
  They can censor EFF's website against Australians. There's a Internet censorship scheme available to courts.

vidarh 9y ago

Countries laws apply wherever they say they do. Whether they are able to enforce them is a secondary issue. Some countries do claim jurisdiction outside their own borders for certain types of cases.

kwhitefoot 9y ago
Generally only for their own citizens. This covers, for instance, cases of sex tourism.
- germanier 9y ago
  The German criminal law explicitly covers e.g. all cases of money counterfeiting, human trafficking, and war crimes worldwide regardless of nationality. They have given themselves some binding restrictions on what cases should be prosecuted. Of course enforcement is usually hard to impossible so it does not get used often. But just as an example, a German court has sentenced an Rwandan FDLR president for assisting war crimes even though there is absolutely no connection to Germany. Germany is not alone in claiming universal jurisdiction for certain crimes.
- zaarn 9y ago
  The EU GDPR regulation applies to people interacting with citizens of the EU, not only EU citizens. Law can certainly apply to foreign legal entities as defined by the local legislation if the legal code permits such.