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by Spivak 89 days ago
She does if you want to keep doing business there. That's the stick that's available. Either you follow their laws despite not being in their jurisdiction or you can't sell to customers in Libya.

I don't like it same as you because it makes doing business on the internet complicated but it's how it works in practice.
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egorfine 89 days ago
> you can't sell to customers in Libya

Why though? Libya has no jurisdiction over my business in the EU. I place no restrictions on who can purchase a subscription on my SaaS. I certainly can sell to customers in Libya.

All Libya can do is ban my business, but they can only implement that ban within their own sovereign borders.

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Spivak 89 days ago
I suppose inability for you to sell and inability for customers to buy are technically different but the end result ends up being the same. If you need to access that market then they have leverage over you to force compliance with their laws.
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egorfine 89 days ago
I'm not sure Libya has any solution to prevent their citizens from purchasing my services. Blocking access to my site, sure. But preventing citizens from using my service is going to be much, much harder.

So, no.

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