Re: [dvd-discuss] Internet: an independent country?

["Roy Murphy" <murphy(at)panix.com>]

'Twas brillig when Jim Bauer scrobe:
> Has anyone pursued the idea of the Internet being "independent"?
> Either as its own country (assuming one can have a country without
> land), or perhaps more like how Antarctica is handled.

I'm surprised that no one has brought up Elcomsoft.  They filed a 
motion for dismissal for lack of jurisdiction on the basis that 
activities took place on the internet.  Notable quote from the reply 
brief: "The Internet is a Place Outside of the Territorial Jurisdiction 
of the United States."

The motion was denied.

Elcomsoft Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Jurisdiction (Jan. 14, 2002)
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/20020114_elcom_dismiss_juris_motion.html


ElcomSoft Reply to Government Opposition to Motion to Dismiss 
Indictment for Lack of Jurisdiction (Feb. 25, 2002)
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/20020225_elcom_reply_to_opp.html

Order Denying Defendant's Motion to Dismiss Indictment for Lack of 
Subject Matter Jurisdiction (Mar. 27, 2002)
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/US_v_Elcomsoft/20020327_dismiss_deny_order.html
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