Michael R. Irwin wrote:
Jeffrey V. Merkey wrote:
They are a non-profit corp, which gives them all
the rights of any
citizen (since a corporation is a citizen).
Right. Which means in case of judicial error the corporation is likely
to be ordered to liquidate all assets if necessary to partially fullfull
any penalties assessed by the court.
Ever hear of anyone bankrupted by an auto accident?
A corporation is a person, not a citizen. Judicial error refers to an
error in a judges ruling; I don't see what that has to do with anythin.
An order to liquidate assets cannot be applied extraterritorially
against owners who live in another country.
They are not
going away (unless they want to), getting smashed, or being
litigated into oblivion. If things really get
that bad, they can co-locate their hosting on Indian Land somewhere
under "Native American Language Preservation"
and then they truly will have immunity from most causes of action if the
program is run by one of the tribes with an English version
of the site as an adjunct "add on" non-primary site.
So are there Sovereign Indian Lands somewhere which directly border
Canada or Mexico such that a data fiber link could be established
between the international internet and the servers without crossing U.S.
jurisdiction?
The St. Regis Mohawk reserve straddles the Ontario-New York border. The
government gets upset about their cigarette smuggling.