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US companies have no legal obligation to comply with a Spanish court order. A MLAT must be arranged and approved before US companies have a legal obligation. G
by dannyw 7y ago
US companies have no legal obligation to comply with a Spanish court order. A MLAT must be arranged and approved before US companies have a legal obligation.
GitHub's compliance with the court order was voluntarily and discretionary; just like how if the North Korea courts told me to shut down my site, you have every right to say no.
- poooogles 7y ago>US companies have no legal obligation to comply with a Spanish court order. Sure while they're just a US company. What happens when they open an office in Spain?
- testvox 7y agoWasn't the request sent to Microsoft Spain? And Microsoft Spain is under the jurisdiction of the Spanish Government.
- superkuh 7y agoThe unintended but extremely obvious consequences of centralization strike again.
- yxhuvud 7y agoWhat happens if you don't comply is that the court would then order all the ISPs to cut the lines to you. All of them. Also, GitHub happily accepts money from companies in Spain. This mean they have economical activity there and fall under Spanish jurisdiction.