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Are you going to start hosting torrents on your personal domain? Just don't break the law. It's really that simple. I understand the "censorship/free speech" d

Are you going to start hosting torrents on your personal domain? Just don't break the law. It's really that simple. I understand the "censorship/free speech" deal. But I can't really defend these guys, they were blatantly breaking the law. Like, there wasn't a gray area - they just jumped right over the line. To make this a "true argument" we'd need the US to take down a domain that interferes with free speech.

gergles 15y ago
Hypothetically, I'm gay. If I have sex with a man, I'm "breaking the law" in tens of Islamist countries. Are you proposing that they should be allowed to extradite me for breaking their law? Because, that's really what's happening here. Bodog is a non-American company, operating outside of America, with assets that aren't in America. Please elucidate on how exactly you think they are subject to American law before you give a smug "well, don't break the law then" response.
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- joering2 15y ago
  If you had sex in one of those Islamist countries, then yes of course. Look what Polanski did in 80s -- he ran away to Europe where laws are different not to face persecution. But he did have sex with underage on the American soil, hence it was in US interest to persecute. Had she gone to Europe and had underage sex with Polanski and came back to States and filed rape charges, that would be entire different story. In Bodog case one could only wonder how much traffic they were getting from US. At some point, perhaps if they knew whats coming, they could ban US traffic or put notices all around their web that "there may be some laws in your country banning you from purchasing out products" etc.
  - motoford 15y ago
    I really hope you meant to type "prosecute" instead of what you actually put, "persecute".
    - joering2 15y ago
      thanks for pointing, cant fixed now..
  - mariuolo 15y ago
    Suppose he had been camming with some guy living there. Should he be liable to extradition (and possibly beheading) to such country?
mike-cardwell 15y ago
I do not live in the USA. The laws which you're referring to, do not apply to me. They can be used to take my domain though. That's where the concern is.

gergles 15y ago

Hypothetically, I'm gay. If I have sex with a man, I'm "breaking the law" in tens of Islamist countries. Are you proposing that they should be allowed to extradite me for breaking their law? Because, that's really what's happening here. Bodog is a non-American company, operating outside of America, with assets that aren't in America. Please elucidate on how exactly you think they are subject to American law before you give a smug "well, don't break the law then" response.

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joering2 15y ago
If you had sex in one of those Islamist countries, then yes of course. Look what Polanski did in 80s -- he ran away to Europe where laws are different not to face persecution. But he did have sex with underage on the American soil, hence it was in US interest to persecute. Had she gone to Europe and had underage sex with Polanski and came back to States and filed rape charges, that would be entire different story. In Bodog case one could only wonder how much traffic they were getting from US. At some point, perhaps if they knew whats coming, they could ban US traffic or put notices all around their web that "there may be some laws in your country banning you from purchasing out products" etc.
- motoford 15y ago
  I really hope you meant to type "prosecute" instead of what you actually put, "persecute".
  - joering2 15y ago
    thanks for pointing, cant fixed now..
- mariuolo 15y ago
  Suppose he had been camming with some guy living there. Should he be liable to extradition (and possibly beheading) to such country?

mike-cardwell 15y ago

I do not live in the USA. The laws which you're referring to, do not apply to me. They can be used to take my domain though. That's where the concern is.