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So question:

If you were running a massive online black market that can be set up and operated from anywhere in the world and making 80mm in commissions, wouldn't it make sense to not only set up the servers outside the US but also fly out of the US to a country with no extradition treaty with the US and low law enforcement cooperation with the US. By doing so, they have committed all crimes outside US jurisdiction. Near as I can tell this means that no crime they are charged with should stick, however IANAL.

Can anyone elaborate if it is possible to manage a site like this in a way where all actions associated with its operation never constitute crimes prosecutable in the US?



If you allow US users to log in to your site the US will claim jurisdiction; see online gambling.


Unless you take measures to make sure American customers can't use your site, the U.S. would have jurisdiction.


Note that this is a one way rule. Never seen an American site owner be extradited to a foreign country for not respecting their laws.


Would blocking all US IP ranges be sufficient even though it is served over TOR. Seems like that would meet the same bullshit requirement the NSA is using when it retains all traffic from outside the country.




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