Comment on Wikimedia Foundation calls on US Supreme Court to strike laws that threaten Wikipedia
KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 6 months agoWhat would happen, if they ignored the laws and did not geoblock Texas and Florida, just say they don’t operate there, but not restrict the users and still operate the way they operated until now?
Bread@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Fines I would assume. Lawsuits even.
Buttons@programming.dev 6 months ago
How does that work?
Like, let’s say I’m born in Oregon, I live my whole life in Oregon, I get to vote for national representative and Oregon representatives. I set up a server in Oregon, my server responds to electronic requests that it receives from an Oregon company which I connect to with a wire that goes through Oregon.
Then I get sued for breaking Texas laws. At what point did I become subject to Texas law?
emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
If I remember correctly, at least some of Wikipedia’s servers are in Florida. So Florida would definitely be able to take action against them.
KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But, like when they would say in their EULA, that people from Texas and Florida are not allowed, then by using the service would be breaking of EULA and the wikipedia foundation could theoretically say that they’re not operating there and it’s the users fault.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can’t just put illegal discrimination in your EULA and expect it to be legally binding for the user. Also, you don’t even have to sign a EULA to use Wikipedia. It’s an open dictionary, not a proprietary app from a for-profit company.
KmlSlmk64@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why can’t you restrict usage if you don’t comply with local laws? Why can companies like Facebook restrict usage of their new features like Threads in the EU then? Or some US news network restricting access from the EU?
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I don’t believe “location you currently are” is a protected class.