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by TodPunk 3909 days ago
I don't buy it. The US is bringing their cases to protect their interests and the interests of their economies. It's not about territory control, it's about industry control. I don't agree with how they're going about it, but I'm not going to make up motivations that don't fit just because of my disdain for it.

Of course, this is one reason why I'm not in politics.
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korisnik 3909 days ago
>It's not about territory control, it's about industry control.

He's talking about application of laws in foreign territories. Naturally, for the benefit of US and its own industry. How is that substantially different from what you're saying?

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jpollock 3909 days ago
Every day we're hearing about another country attempting to apply it's laws on people not in the country. I've seen Canada, France, Germany. The US is huge in this, but they're hardly alone.

[1] Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-ordere... [2] France: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984524/privacy/france-reject... [3] Germany: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=98593

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