Re:Google 'stole my videos', says film-maker Philip Bloom
by lovich on Friday May 25, 2018 @01:50AM
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That is highly dependent on the law. For example the United States will prosecute citizens that have sex with child prostitutes in other countries, even if that is where they reside full time. Other laws like the GPDR you mentioned are dependent on the physical location of the activity
Re:Google 'stole my videos', says film-maker Philip Bloom
by jkaplowitz on Friday May 25, 2018 @03:22AM
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In both the UK and the US, the legal systems have a strong presumption against that interpretation for laws which don't say otherwise.
The example you give is one where Congress made clear they intended it to apply to citizens abroad, so the courts honor that.
(As for the US Constitution, it is held to protect the rights of US citizens abroad in relation to the US government, to the extent the US government knows or should know of their citizenship.)
Re:Google 'stole my videos', says film-maker Philip Bloom
by coldtea on Friday May 25, 2018 @05:47AM
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>Citizenship doesn't affect things. Place of residence does
This depends. E.g. IRS and tax laws that apply if you're a US citizen regardless of residence.
But that's beside the point, because when the parent said UK/EU citizen above, he implied residence as well, which is the case for 95% of them, he wasn't addressing every specific case.
Similarly for GDPR, it's not much use for anyone living in the US, even if they have EU citizenship, if they sign up for services while in the US.