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Foreign laws are not enforceable in the US unless we a) have a treaty saying so and b) have an analogous law here. I see a lot of Europeans and tech bros that d
by ashelmire 8y ago
Foreign laws are not enforceable in the US unless we a) have a treaty saying so and b) have an analogous law here. I see a lot of Europeans and tech bros that don’t seem to get this. They can make a law saying people or corporations must kiss the rings of every EU citizen no matter where they are or face fines... likewise not enforceable here, and hopefully that example makes that clear to you.
- trothamel 8y agoNot sure why this is getting downvoted, since it's true. As a thought experiment, why should this have any more relevance to a company that's in the US than the Thai law that prevents criticism of their king. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se_majest%C3%A9_in_Thailand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se_majest%C3%A9_in_Thai... I suspect what we'll see soon is a law protecting US companies from EU overreach, comparable to the SPEECH ACT. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEECH_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPEECH_Act It would not surprise me if some US companies are holding back, because they expect similar protections from foreign law to be passed here.