[bokoharambe]

Still not quite right, not in a modern state. Law has always been sovereign power, and in the modern period the entire state is the sovereign (think Leviathan.) It is strange that Americans seem to think these are personal powers.

[hot_gril]

Well, the law as agreed upon by Congress designates it as a personal power.

[JumpCrisscross]

> the law as agreed upon by Congress designates it as a personal power

No, it does not.

The extension is discretionary, the liability is not. (And the liability specifically accrues to the operators of the app stores and hosting companies.)

[bokoharambe]

This is kind of the point, the text of the law is totally ephemeral because the power to violate it is entrusted in the state itself.