[Lazamataz]

Freerepublic has no physical presence in Europe.

Yabut we do have an internet presence.

This is kinda a whole new area of law, I suspect.

[cuban leaf]

An internet site is not responsible for those who access it. Imagine China doing this sort of thing, and allowing their citizens to access all of the internet.

The internet is not push. It’s pull. Freerepublic is a site hosted in the US. If folks from outside the country get on the web and access it, If they are from a country that charges a penny for every bit that they collect from FR, that is on them, not FR.

FR’s responsibility for that stops at the US border.

Now, if FR rents space in Germany, never mind.

[thoughtomator]

Nothing new about it. The EU can’t do squat for the same reason the US can’t do squat about Chinese hackers. The law can’t be applied outside its jurisdiction, and the government which does have jurisdiction is not going to help.

[FLT-bird]

Extraterritoriality.

Good luck collecting taxes on Americans posting on the internet in America, Yurps.