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0 pointsakoboldfrying1y ago0 comments

I see, thanks.

>So when Web Corp gets fined, you lose your site.

My mind immediately goes in the direction of "Maybe you lost that server, but just buy a new one and change some DNS entries", which isn't free but a lot less than £18M. But maybe there are protections against this kind of scheming? I'd like to think there were.

>If Big Corp owned the site, and Web corp operated the site, you may be OK.

I don't follow -- if Big Corp owns the site, won't it lose everything?

>Since this applies to laws in general, are you arguing that corporations are a farce? I may be inclined to agree.

I think I am actually. They do seem like a way to get something for (almost) nothing (and they seem like they were probably engineered to be this way deliberately).

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jimnotgym1y ago

> Maybe you lost that server

Everything, ownership of the domain, codebase, digital assets for instance.

> I don't follow -- if Big Corp owns the site, won't it lose everything

Good question If Big Corp owns the domain, codebase, IP etc. and lets Web Corp operate a site using those assets, Big Corp is not responsible for Web Corps transgressions.

A simpler analogy. Big Corp owns a pub, rents it to Web Corp. Web Corp plays music too loud, opens too late and gets fined and loses its alcohol licence. Web Corp is insolvent, but Big Corp still owns the pub.

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