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Re:New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in... by tempguy095432 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @07:02PM (#18861053)
Nope, you cant. This is like saying if I smoke weed in a country where it is legal and then go to a country B where it is illegal. Country B can arrest me because I broke their law.

Copyright law is a domestic law. You cannot be prosecuted for break US copyright law if you broke the law in an unrelated country B and you are not US citizen. Also B doesn't recognize US's jurisdiction to enforce copyright law in that country.

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Re:New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in... by manfredo on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @07:52PM (#18861343)
> This is like saying if I smoke weed in a country where it is legal and then go to a country B where it is illegal. Country B can arrest me because I broke their law.

This is the case for several countries, such as South Korea: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/bong-arm-of-th...

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Re:New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in... by tempguy095432 on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @08:12PM (#18861435)
In Huawei's case even domestic law doesn't apply to them. Its like a canadian citizen being arrested in South Korea for smoking weed in Canada
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Re:New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in... by manfredo on Tuesday January 08, 2019 @08:26PM (#18861522)
Huawei broke international treaties. My understanding is that violation of such treaties is enforceable by any signatory. It's more like someone laundering money in one country and getting arrested in another country that is a signatory of an international anti-laundering law.

If this weren't the case, then international treaties would be pointless. Countries just wouldn't bother enforcing them against their own citizens.

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