[johnhess]

What's really chilling about this is:

>Federal regulations prohibit U.S. businesses from offering services to countries subject to economic sanctions -- a list that includes Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan

On this message board, I can imagine that "U.S. businesses" includes a substantial number of us. You're all blocking those IPs, right?

The State Dept. set a dangerous precedent when it didn't immediately respond to edX and Coursera with an "Of course a web application filled with educational content doesn't constitute doing business with the enemy."

It leaves those of us without a legal team in a real pinch.

[caf]

This is why I upvoted this article - anyone selling online services from the US should be thinking deeply about their export control obligations.