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But could that be Fanbyte's way of dealing with a specific country's laws? Perhaps they don't have the manpower and those countries are small enough that the o
by starkd 4y ago
But could that be Fanbyte's way of dealing with a specific country's laws? Perhaps they don't have the manpower and those countries are small enough that the only cost effective option is to just not operate in those countries.
- SSLy 4y agoSomehow it's only Fanbyte that have this problem with people in Turkey / Serbia etc. Why has no other publisher went to such measures?
- starkd 4y agoBut different companies can make entirely different business decisions in such situations. Another company may decide devoting extra resources is worth it. It is a subjective value assessment that can go either way.
- safety1st 4y agoIncredibly, they had a remote employee in Serbia, so when they banned all these countries, they banned one of their employees. Last I heard they were telling him to use a VPN to bypass their own corporate rules (which they have admitted exist to dodge Serbian laws...!)
- sgjohnson 4y agoWhich is fine. Because if the company has no physical presence in a certain country, they can basically ignore their laws, because what’s the country going to do? Block your website? Having an employee there establishes physical presence.
- safety1st 4y agoRight, but their stated reason for instituting the policy in the first place was that they couldn't ignore Serbian laws if their websites were available to be viewed in Serbia.
- dahdum 4y agoI'd consider the Serbian employee at risk if I wasn't following any applicable Serbian laws. Their explanation seems to be that even the legal review of these countries would cost far more than any revenue they are making, and their lawyers are advising these countries need that review.
- sgjohnson 4y ago> they couldn't ignore Serbian laws if their websites were available to be viewed in Serbia. With no presence in Serbia, they absolutely can. Serbia has got virtually no recourse in such a situation. What are they going to do? Sue then in Serbia? They’ll never show up. Then trying to enforce the jugdement overseas will be a monumental (and also completely pointless) exercise. Try suing someone in, say, the United States for violating Serbian law. Your case will get dismissed because the said US court would have no jurisdiction over the matter even if the company was based in the US.
- safety1st 4y agoAbsolutely, I agree with you. The only party who disagrees is Fanbyte in their official statements about why they pulled out.