(07-24-2012, 06:46 PM)Paradox Wrote:(07-24-2012, 06:41 PM)Kieron Wrote: The Internet was invented by Americans - therefore, they own it
The WWW was invented by Britons - therefore, they own it.
Buildism is still under the WWW, no escaping that - so the British laws do apply
A certain countries laws only apply to a website if the website is hosted on a server in said country. For example, if Britain had crazy-strict laws against atheism, and a pro-atheist website was hosted in the US, Britain would not be able to do a thing because not only if the site hosted in the US, to shut it down, they would be destroying US property without permission from the US government, which, I'm pretty sure, is against the US's Foreign policies.
TPB was hosted in Sweden. The Americans wanted to close it down - which they attempted and failed, just like they do at all times.
Franco has derailed yet another thread.