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Originally Posted by gideongallery
the pirate bay responses to take down request if they FULLY comply with swedish law. They are not stupid. Just because they don't respect lawyers who make the insanely stupid arguement that "you have to obey US laws because the US is so great" doesn't make them illegal sites.
It only makes them illegal if they operated in the US (which they do not).
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Isn't this a superb reason for the USA to just block their domain then?
If you wish to ignore the laws of a country why should you be allowed to use that country to make money, why should you be allowed to advertise US companies to US citizens and be allowed to flout the laws of a country?
And cost other companies in that country billions in lost revenue?
The problem is the law makers have still not got to grip with the Internet. They make laws that govern their citizens while allowing citizens in other countries to flout the laws and STILL PROFIT by doing so.
Why should it be "This is the Internet so I'm free to do as I wish."?
Or should it be that as they don't block US traffic, don't exclude US companies from advertising, include US citizens in their Torrent links they should comply with US law. Or get their site blocked?
It's people like TPB who will bring about draconian laws and then idiots will blame the law makers, not the law breakers.