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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by notdonspaulding on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:21AM (#17808638)
How would you expect to impose any injunctions or damages on the LA Times for disregarding an EU law?

In other words, to what court will you take your case? A US court won't hold a US company to account for breaking a non-US law. A European court has no jurisdiction to impose any penalties on a non-European company.

Does the LA Times have EU offices? How are you tying the two together otherwise?

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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by hrktb on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:02AM (#17808816)
> A European court has no jurisdiction to impose any penalties on a non-European company.

In theory can’t an european court request the US gov. To hand over the CEO for illegal activities ?

Not that this case would go these lengths and I have not idea of any merit of OP’s point.

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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by pellucidar on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:36AM (#17808985)
What illegal activities? Tracking users is not illegal in the US, nor is blocking access. You could make wearing purple illegal again and ask the US to extradite folks for it, but we wouldn’t do it so you wouldn’t bother asking.
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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by weberc2 on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:40AM (#17809006)
Maybe they could, but I can’t imagine the US government could legally extradict. It would be absurd for the US to allow the EU (or the other way around, for that matter) to dictate what Americans or American companies can do in America (assuming the companies have no EU presence).
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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by estilos on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @08:27AM (#17808929)
yeah - exactly that. Or just arrest them any time they visit, really.
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Re:Archaeologists explore a rural field in Kansas, and a los... by relevantjoin on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @07:46AM (#17808745)
We could ask Kim Dotcom for some advice ?
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