Reminds me of this response from TPB:
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Expecting overseas companies to abide by your laws is quite bizarre, just block them in the UK and move on.
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The attorney's blog on the subject is an entertaining read:
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As 4Chan has no assets in the United Kingdom (given that it has no connection to the United Kingdom), that would require you to show up in a US court as a platiff
I think that the way this works is that first the British government has to go to a British court and secure a ruling against 4Chan and then go to a US court and prove to it that 4Chan is under British jurisdiction to get that ruling enforced by a US court. As an aside, I think I'd be careful if I were 4Chan
there are things that they can do that are not immediately obvious, like targeted advertising aimed at Brits, that might place them under British jurisdiction in the eyes of US courts. I also dunno about accepting donations from Brits. But if they rigorously kept their nose clean, then I agree
it's very much possible that a US court would rule that there is no British jurisdiction.
However, I do have to say that I think that the prospect of Ofcom arguing the matter in front of a serious-looking judge in a British court, horsehair wig and all, while presenting material from, say, /d/ (NSFW), and having said judge gravely contemplate it and British law seems like it'd be sound fodder for a comedy skit.
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Byrne also showed off the email response he sent to the regulator. “You want money, huh? Come get it,” he started, with an AI hamster wearing a Thug Life hate being surronded by mountains of dollar bills.
Was this written by AI or did they just not proof-read it for errors?
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The additional AI hamsters were a threat in 4Chan’s previous response, as they promised to use an “even larger rodent” next time around.
See, I would have expected a capybara or something, rather than a higher-res hamster.
EDIT: looks at actual image Oh, I see. It's like, a Kaiju hamster. Dwarfing the buildings it's sitting near.
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1750 “partners”???????
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Of all the ways and places I might have expected resistance to erosion of our freedoms, I never could have guessed it would be 4chan. Good on you, anon.
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Is there no exequatur for foreign legal decisions in the US?
I will never not love 4chan
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Is this not the equivalent of asking someone on the street to pay for a fence for your property so you don't have to look at them?
Why would they pay? Genuinely what power does the UK government have over 4Chan?
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DNS block in the UK incoming I guess?
Isn’t 4chan on the Epstein plans? I know it makes a precedent for more invasive laws, but hell ma’am, let that shithole die. Britons are gonna be better off without it like, for sure!
This lawyer is also the lawyer for Kiwi Farms so he is not a good person, even if he is making valid legal points
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I want to troll the UK government for many reasons, not the same ones as these douchebags I am sure.
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