Mike McMullin wrote:
On Fri, 2005-10-21 at 14:01 -0400, James Knott wrote:
James D. Parra wrote:
U.S. laws do *NOT* apply outside of the U.S..
Not according to U.S. law makers. Jerome
Well the US gov' does impose it laws outside the US on the actions of its citizens. Income Tax laws apply to US citizens if they work overseas. Regardless how long a citizen has lived outside the US, the IRS states the you must pay taxes even if your have already paid income taxes in the country you are residing in. Also, certain crimes if committed outside the US are punishable by US laws.
There was one case, a few years ago, when an executive of a Canadian company was charged with dealing with Cuba, even though his company was in Canada and no business was conducted in the U.S.
Problem with this IIRC is that the "Canadian" company was owned by an American Company. Hence it wasn't as nicely distant, as wholly Canadian.
No it was not owned by an American company. There was another case, not too long ago, about a Russian programmer violating that DCMA, while still in Russia. He was arrested, when he came to the U.S. The U.S. government should be very careful about such things, as they're inviting other countries to impose their laws on Americans, when outside their jurisdictions. Already happening -- a Spanish court has issued arrest warrants for a few American soldiers, including one Lt Col, for shooting up a Baghdad hotel filled with journalists -- and the only people who claim gunfire was coming -from- the hotel are the Americans, not even CNN who was
On 10/21/2005 08:04 PM, James Knott wrote: present and filming can substantiate that claim. I used to think Syria was the next target of US invasion, followed by Iran. Seems both of those will have to wait their turn, after Spain :D