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IANAL, but international law precedent has allowed countries to prosecute web services for providing services to a country where that service is illegal. A Fren
by marcus_holmes 1y ago
IANAL, but international law precedent has allowed countries to prosecute web services for providing services to a country where that service is illegal. A French NGO successfully sued Yahoo! for selling Nazi memorabilia, a crime in France, despite Yahoo! being a US company [0], and this was upheld by US courts.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LICRA_v._Yahoo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LICRA_v._Yahoo!
- jedberg 1y ago> and this was upheld by US courts. No it wasn't. It was overturned on appeal. But Yahoo stopped selling Nazi memorabilia anyway.
- marcus_holmes 1y agoI'm not a lawyer, but that's not how I read it. The appeal by Yahoo! was dismissed according to the wikipedia article, as I read it. How did you read it?
- indecisive_user 1y agoThe first court ruled in Yahoo's favor and the appeals court ruled that neither it nor any lower court in the US had the power to adjudicate the matter altogether, which was kind of a loss for both yahoo and the French organization.
- fulafel 1y agoNitpick: International law is treaties between countries, the UN, customs like diplomatic immunity, etc. Here it was just about US and French domestic law.
- marcus_holmes 1y agothanks for the clarification :)