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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by stale2002 on Thursday February 21, 2019 @11:42AM (#19218074)
> Where is it hosted, or whether it is in German at all doesn't matter much

Well, it matters in that if you don't live in the EU, it is unlikely that they will be able to target you for anything.

People in America don't spend much time worrying about the fact that in Saudi Arabia it is illegal to be gay, so I don't see why they would worry the much about copywrite laws in the EU.

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Re:EU Countries Back Copyright Reforms Aimed at Google, Face... by dmortin on Thursday February 21, 2019 @12:16PM (#19218429)
> Well, it matters in that if you don't live in the EU, it is unlikely that they will be able to target you for anything.

I guess he means you can't escape the law simply by hosting the site outside of Germany, if you still want to live in Germany, because then they can sue you, even if the country where your site is hosted does not require you to display your home address, phone, etc.

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