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by Mike Masnick




Yahoo's Ongoing War Crimes Lawsuit

from the border-patrol-anyone? dept

We've covered the ongoing attempts by the French government to accuse Yahoo of war crimes for allowing Nazi memorabilia to be sold on their US site (though, not on the French Yahoo site). This is an important case because of what it may mean concerning how international laws apply to the internet. The Associated Press is running an article about a minor Yahoo victory in the case which includes a tidbit of news I hadn't realized. Technically, Yahoo has been fined by the French government $13,000 per day since February of 2001 -- meaning they currently owe $5 million. It appears, for the time being, they're simply ignoring this.

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  1. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 5:32am

    No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward

    is there any 'insight' to why the French government is acting so bizarre with so many of these international companies? most of the EU is pretty sick of the way they try to push there way around everyone as well...

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  2. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 5:42am

    French government

    by Daranthalis

    Yeah, it's very annoying to see a government try to dictate the actions of citizens of *other* governments on their home turf. The French should follow the example of the US...oh wait a minute, that's exactly what they are doing.

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  3. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 6:26am

    Re: French government

    by Anonymous Coward

    As if anyone cares what the French think, do or fine us ...

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  4. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 6:44am

    neat trick

    by Anonymous Coward

    Wait till the Arabs catch on to this trick and start fining everyone in the world who publishes anything that "defames Islam".

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  5. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 9:02am

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    by Grizzly

    pffft as if anyone cares about what the french think

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  6. Feb 11th, 2005 @ 9:26am

    Re: No Subject Given

    by Anonymous Coward


    I'll have FRENCH FRIES, FRENCH PIZZA & PERU water if you please ...

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  7. Feb 12th, 2005 @ 1:28pm

    Take the French government's attitude to fines

    by Matt

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2467523.stm

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  8. Feb 13th, 2005 @ 10:16am

    Re: Take the French government's attitude to fines

    by Anonymous Coward

    perhaps we should reduce our donins we make to the French Pansy goverment y the same amon they feel they have a right to fine us..

    America is the peacekeepes of he world, hw rold bank & the only superpower capale of keepig rodents like Sadam removed from power.

    Fuck the French

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