The distance between the servers and the consumer makes a real difference to service quality. That is why companies prefer to have a local presence where possible.
I did forget about the IP issue. Thanks. It's been awhile since I read up on the topic but there are other protections under U.S. law that protect a company from action by a third party (like posters of comments in forums like this one). Germany might be able to go after company branches under its law that are within its borders but if it is U.S. based they would still have to go through U.S. courts to take any action on the parent companies - where ARE protected by U.S. law. For the record "hate speech" is actually protected under U.S. law.
Correct. That's why I said a violation of the treaty BEHIND DMCA. That's for the additional direct link. I was making a quick response and didn't provide any myself (being at work and all I didn't have much time to look things up).
I'll have to research it but there is U.S. law against this. It's also a direct violation of the treaty behind the DMCA which I believe Germany is a signatory. Remember the "safe harbor" provision? This can be justification for the filing of a complaint in the EU courts as well. But Twitter, etc. are private platforms and not bound to respect free speech rights of any poster. Also the posters here in question are German citizens and reside in that country. They do not enjoy the protections of U.S. law for this; only German and EU law.
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The distance between the servers and the consumer makes a real difference to service quality. That is why companies prefer to have a local presence where possible.
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I did forget about the IP issue. Thanks. It's been awhile since I read up on the topic but there are other protections under U.S. law that protect a company from action by a third party (like posters of comments in forums like this one). Germany might be able to go after company branches under its law that are within its borders but if it is U.S. based they would still have to go through U.S. courts to take any action on the parent companies - where ARE protected by U.S. law.
For the record "hate speech" is actually protected under U.S. law.
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Correct. That's why I said a violation of the treaty BEHIND DMCA. That's for the additional direct link. I was making a quick response and didn't provide any myself (being at work and all I didn't have much time to look things up).
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I'll have to research it but there is U.S. law against this. It's also a direct violation of the treaty behind the DMCA which I believe Germany is a signatory. Remember the "safe harbor" provision? This can be justification for the filing of a complaint in the EU courts as well.
But Twitter, etc. are private platforms and not bound to respect free speech rights of any poster. Also the posters here in question are German citizens and reside in that country. They do not enjoy the protections of U.S. law for this; only German and EU law.