US, UK Targeting Piracy Websites Outside Their Borders

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The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency is going after piracy websites even if they aren't hosted in the U.S., by targeting those with .net and .com domain names, which are managed by U.S. company Verisign. Meanwhile, a lawyer suggests even that [kind of connection] isn't needed to take a site to court in the UK, saying as long as the content is directed at UK users, that's connection enough to ensure jurisdiction."

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/07/04/1439246/US-UK-Targeting-Piracy-Websites-Outside-Their-Borders