[crx087]

> I can see the courts point: International websites have to respect local laws

No, they don’t, and shouldn’t.

I’m free to offend the sensibilities of China, disgrace the Ayatollah, and violate a wide variety of other “local laws” from the comfort of my home or workplace.

If those places don’t like it, they’re also free to censor content until such time that their populace won’t tolerate it any longer.

[barrkel]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Carruthers

[LoSboccacc]

But they had to wait for him to enter US soil

[slavak]

Not only that, but his company was taking bets from US citizens, which is a much stronger argument for presence in a territory than simply "your website is accessible to our citizens."