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> If this works for Google, I imagine I can have a business based in Uruguay that sells weed to the world, and I only have to face court in Uruguay when people
by yid 13y ago
> If this works for Google, I imagine I can have a business based in Uruguay that sells weed to the world, and I only have to face court in Uruguay when people claim it's illegal in their country?
I'd imagine this would be perfectly legal if Uruguay has legal provisions that state that shipping weed to other countries is legal. I'd also imagine that if they didn't have such a clause, they'd soon run afoul on various international trade treaties. So good luck... :)
- grecy 13y ago> I'd imagine this would be perfectly legal if Uruguay has legal provisions that state that shipping weed to other countries is legal. I'm sure California doesn't have a provision that says collecting user information for people in the UK is legal. In short, the laws of one region are only concerned with that region, they don't care what happens outside that.. so Google using CA's laws on UK residents is like me using Uruguay's laws on CA residents. I've always thought a good way to get this stupidity into the headlines would be if this would be if say Saudi Arabia started charging every female that drives a car in the world, or if Australia started charging people for driving on the Right side of the road in North America. Applying the laws of one country onto people in another country is absurd.