[pricechild]

Should they also comply with $pick_a_dictatorship_you_find_reprehensible 's laws?

Edit: The comment I replied to has been edited and originally explained the owner was Canadian but serves US customers and so should abide by US law.

I don't want to claim to agree or disagree, I'm just not sure how to work out what's right.

[dragonwriter]

> Should they also comply with $pick_a_dictatorship_you_find_reprehensible ‘s laws?

To be fair, MindGeek has an office in the US. Now, if they closed that office, the argument that they were subject to US law would be weaker.

[toomuchtodo]

Yes. You comply with the laws of the jurisdiction you operate in. You have the freedom to not operate where you don't want to obey local law.

EDIT: I edited my comment as I'm not willing to argue the merits of cross border law enforcement actions in this thread.

[pricechild]

I think that's a perfectly reasonable stance for more physical businesses, e.g. shipping products.

Really though, how does it work for a business like this? How do you not serve a specific country on the internet? I'm not aware of any technical solution to this - geoip databases simply aren't accurate.

For businesses where most customers pay, perhaps you can gate the site and verify payment details but that plainly doesn't work for the business model we're discussing as most people surely don't pay anything by design? This isn't Netflix?

[stickfigure]

It's not our job to enforce Iran's or Saudi Arabia's sharia code. Nor is it a Canadian's job to enforce America's 2257 regime.

[alacombe]

So, no more gay porn if your site is accessible from the UAE ?