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> In many countries, soliciting business there makes you subject to its jurisdiction and laws, regardless of where your business is based. That line of reasoni
by cesarb 7y ago
> In many countries, soliciting business there makes you subject to its jurisdiction and laws, regardless of where your business is based.
That line of reasoning always sounded tautological to me. "Law X from country A says that by doing Y you are under jurisdiction of country A", but for "law X from country A" to apply to you, don't you have to already be under jurisdiction of country A in the first place?
- jerf 7y agoLaw is ultimately shared consensus. We build an abstraction layer on top of that but sometimes the underlying nature can't help but shine through.
- icebraining 7y ago> for "law X from country A" to apply to you, don't you have to already be under jurisdiction of country A in the first place? No.