>>>the company can freely ignore those demands >>>If Germany sent me a personal letter demanding I cease and desist, I'd ignore it. You (presumably) don't do

>>>the company can freely ignore those demands >>>If Germany sent me a personal letter demanding I cease and desist, I'd ignore it. You (presumably) don't do any business in Germany, or really care about their government being unhappy with you, which is pretty reasonable. Google wants to keep doing business in Canada, so they have to play ball. Can Canada send people into the US offices of google to enforce any of this? Of course not. But can they shut down google in Canada if it refuses to abide by court orders? You bet. (I doubt it'll come to that though)