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Originally Posted by d-null
this is an issue that could still be a problem, because it is not unprecedented for the U.S. to go after people anywhere in the world for violating U.S. laws...... gambling sites that do business with U.S. customers would be one example, so any porn site that has visitors from the U.S. could conceivably get the same kind of attention? generally the U.S. has waited until a foreign national sets foot in the U.S., but there are many examples of foreign citizens being charged while still in a foreign country when it comes to exporting illegal items to the u.s. (one recent case was a canadian selling seeds to the u.s. and being charged and given up by his own government to the u.s. justice system)
having your sites on u.s. based servers pretty much cements the issue further I would guess, and possibly brings different taxation issues into the business plan as well if the IRS wanted to get sticky??  |
I'm not a US citizen, and I haven't violated any US laws. I run my business according to Canadian laws. Our privacy laws all but make 2257 inspection nearly impossible anyway. The US goverment has no right to do any 2257 inspections on my place of business in Canada. It's not like I'm actively breaking US law and there's no way Canada would extradite a citizen for complying with local laws and ignoring 2257, a non applicable US law.
As for the IRS getting "sticky", when does using a US service open you up to US tax laws? If I were to for instance run an ad in a US newspaper, you think the IRS can come tax my Canadian business? Sorry, not doing business in the USA, not paying taxes there.