G+_George Kozi Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Denise Howell Does this amount to the US exporting its jurisdictions into foreign territory? If so, is the reverse also true? A Chinese or a EU server in the US does not fall under US law? Originally shared by Stephen Glasskeys Judge tells Microsoft: Your Irish email servers are American expats!! ~Preska: All in a day's work. If tech savvy could be represented by a location on Earth, the American legal system would be in a submarine deep in the Marianas Trench, faxing documents to blind fish. Thanks to a federal court ruling we've learned, along with Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), that email servers in Ireland aren't really in Ireland, or fall under EU jurisdiction! In today's #ITBW for Computerworld, bloggers struggle to understand archaic WordPerfect documents. http://blogs.computerworld.com/cloud-storage/24213/judge-tells-microsoft-your-irish-email-servers-are-american-expats-itbwgk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_bil Jeschke Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 What about the US companies that use inversion to become Irish companies? Are their US assets now Irish, or whatever country they transferred their ownership to? Is it illegal for them to contribute to elections now? Since they are no longer US companies, do they need a green card or they here illegally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 this is a big can -o - wormz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Dave Trautman Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Corporations have been campaigning for a couple of decades now to be treated separately from government and to become legal jurisdictions all on their own. There was an effort to change their status so they could sue countries for enacting legislation against their wishes. Here it was called the MAI [ http://publications.gc.ca/Collection-R/LoPBdP/BP/bp444-e.htm ] I am not a lawyer (IANAL) so I can't know if this would be part of the problem with globalized companies being separated from the laws which govern the countries they operate in. But, if so, then their systems and equipment would also be separate and require them to maintain their legal status in whatever country their home office is. This is going to get worse before it gets better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Corporations (as they are set up right now) have only the interests of their shareholders at heart. Why should that supersede a set of laws that are designed to ensure the good functioning of Society? It makes absolutely no sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Derek Anderson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Stupid, idiotic judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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