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Also, what prevents the guy from setting up that service in a European country (Switzerland is not subject to EU laws)? I don't see why his 10 years of work wo

• draugadrotten 13y ago
  He might not want to relocate. It's risky to relocate the servers in another country. You will have to obey the other country's laws, but the US gov will still claim jurisdiction if the staff and/or owner is in the US. The US will even claim jurisdiction as soon as you use a ".com" domain [1] Of course the hosting nation will also claim jurisdiction. So relocating your servers to one country while staying in another will expose you to two national laws as well as any international agreements between these nations. [1] Richard O’Dwyer, a UK citizen who ran a UK-based web site, was facing extradition to the U.S. because he used a .com domain. - http://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jun/17/student-file-sharing-tvshack-extradition http://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/jun/17/student-file-shar...
  • northwest 13y ago
    He could still just sell it to someone in another country. Neither the service nor his 10 years of work would be lost.
    • kbenson 13y ago
      Depending on how bad the government wants the data, that's essentially just charging a high premium to get all the data instead of a specific user's data. If the purchasing party is less scrupulous, you've thwarted nothing. In extreme cases (or for smaller companies), the purchaser could even be a government front.
      • rdl 13y ago
        I'm pretty sure there are known entities offshore you could sell to who are unlikely to be government fronts. Imagine selling to someone Wikileaks affiliated...