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Welcome the the US when you can patent protocols and apis. (Afaik) In EU you could have done it but because of US risks they killed it anyway.

• bee_rider 3y ago
  If it is totally fine in the EU, why not just host it there? Spain (or whoever) could start up a cottage industry of ignore-local-ip-law-as-a-service. The Uber of IP law.
  • croes 3y ago
    Because the US enforce their rules on world wide. That's not legal but who's gonna stop them.
    • anthk 3y ago
      No, the US can't. Also, Wine does the same since forever for DOS binaries. Or NetBSD with compat_* libreries for tons of Unixlike OSes.
      • calgoo 3y ago
        The US uses trade agreements to enforce the rule in the EU. Spain used to be quite lenient with copyright, but the US threatened to block all sales to Spain of movies and music. Then a minister basically implemented new restrictions a week before their term was up.
        • anthk 3y ago
          It's still lenient. You can still legally share movies and music without profit.
      • croes 3y ago
        Try selling cuban goods in Europe to another European citizens in Europe and let him pay with PayPal (Europe) S. à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.
        • anthk 3y ago
          Spain does it fine with hotel chains. Maybe not Paypal, but for sure it does commerce with Cuba.
    • Zambyte 3y ago
      Yet I can download VLC