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Originally Posted by chilihost
The DOJ cannot walk into an NL data center and demand that a server be unplugged. Plus its your primary point of business that is most important, if you live in the USA but your primary point of business is elsewhere then using offshore hosting is the logical choice. Finally, do you know for certain that DJilla lives in the USA or will be living in the USA in the future?
cheers,
Luke
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If you don't think other countries work with the DOJ or any other branch of the US government you are sadly mistaken.
If his residence is in the US, and he is working out of his home, or office space in the US, then his point of business is in the US period.
I know he lives in the US due to his whois info. Does it mean it is correct? Not necessarily, but we both know it is not good to have forged whois info if you plan on keeping your domain.
Here is an example. This was recently shut down for breaking copy right laws. The site was hosted in China I believe, so the FBI took the domain and hunted down the owner of the site who lives in the US.
http://ibackups.net/
Ever hear of supernova.org? They were a Slovenian based website, shut down by legal threats. How could someone in Hollywood ever touch them half way across the world?
Another would be isonews which was shut down by the US, yet hosted in Europe as well. How can this be? Don't think Holland or the Netherlands, or anywhere else is out of reach for the US government, you would only be fooling yourself.
I don't know you, but have seen you on boards for years, and think you know a bit about what you are talking about. I just don't think you are totally informed, as any of us really are when it comes to 2257. What I do know is, the US has shut down a lot of sites outside the US for other things, what is going to stop them from doing the same under 2257?
Have you gathered any facts from a lawyer? I have, and was told if you live in the US as your main residence, and run a website that falls under 2257 or anything else illegal in the US it does not matter where you host your sites, they can, and will, take you down.
Why risk it to be lazy? Comply with the law and have some piece of mind.