International Waters and the internet - a question

[yoda313]

boat ?

Hello,

Yeah.... those things with sails......

Kevin

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Oh wind surfers / sailboards ! Got it thanks.

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What about sharks ?

(at this point is where hardcoreruss throws a wobbly)

[yoda313]

Oh wind surfers / sailboards ! Got it thanks.

Hello,



No prob....

Kevin

EDIT - Sharks???? No problem either - got me plenty of that Batman Shark Replent! (from the 60's Movie version of the original tv series )

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Gee I'd pick Barbarella out of of the 60ies movie scene. Shark proof no, but I'd die happy

[Capmaster]

Gee I'd pick Barbarella out of of the 60ies movie scene. Shark proof no, but I'd die happy

That was a movie that irritated my teenaged glands too 8)

[adam]

you may be certainly correct - but I didn't make it up ... it flowed through at least 1 usa server -- and that is how they they claim (and successfully) jurisdiction and prosecution .

Oh just having data flow through a single server can certainly be enough, I'm just saying that the test is your contacts with the forum jurisdiction, and that use of a server is just evidence of a contact. Depending on the facts of the case, a single server can be enough or may not be. Unless the alleged act was done specifically against the server (hacking) then its role in the data transmission alone is never dispositive, just a factor. Jurisdiction is not automatically established anywhere the data flows, you've still got to meet the traditional jurisdictional requirements.