U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case

Re:U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case by nwh on Monday May 06, 2013 @10:48AM (#5662683)

Nope, bu I run a website, people visit from all over the world on a daily bases.

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Re:U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case by rayiner on Monday May 06, 2013 @01:07PM (#5663400)

There is a legal (and practical!) difference between simply making something available that people from different countries might might access and purposefully targeting a particular country. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pavlovich_v._Superior_Court. This is in the context of personal jurisdiction between sovereign U.S. states, but the principle in the international context is the same.

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Re:U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case by nwh on Monday May 06, 2013 @02:00PM (#5663726)

Did megaupload ever "target" US users?

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Re:U.S. Government Fears End of Megaupload Case by tptacek on Monday May 06, 2013 @07:23PM (#5665414)

Yes. They had colos on the east and west coasts, and ran AdSense ads.

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