[Someone1234]

Which country DOESN'T do this? I can think of none. The US is one of the worst offenders since they often bypass courts and conduct takedowns without any real oversight (often claiming that they have the right since non-Americans have less rights and the sites are ran from abroad).

Anyway, the way I read your post is that you think international corporations should essentially be above the law. That if you're a nice little local startup that you're subject, but if you're a monster corporation you're not. How does that benefit anyone?

[calbear81]

The US is one of the few offenders that CAN do this and get away with it because the market is so important to companies and conforming makes economic sense.

I don't think coldcode was saying that international corporations should be above the law but just that it's impractical to expect an online company to be able to operate in different standards under every different possible jurisdiction.