[ubernostrum]

Not to mention the fact that there are plenty of countries who won't extradite to the US for any reason.

Try setting up a business in one of them and let me know how you like the environment.

[darawk]

You're missing the point. The DAO does not care about the business climate of any particular country. The curators can reside in any country in the world and finance any company anywhere in the world.

[ubernostrum]

So, set up in a repressive place with no extradition to the US, and see how well the "we operate under magical Internet law, it means you can't touch us" defense works there.

[darawk]

Are you serious? Take a look around eastern europe. Take a look at international pharmacies that ship prescription drugs into the US. Take a look at chinese labs that ship research chemicals (recreational drugs) into the US.

There are tons of examples of this happening in practice, in the real world, right now. All you have to do is look.