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Eire is Part of the USA According to US Court

posted by LaminatorX on Monday August 04 2014, @12:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the Erin-go-Here dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

Microsoft has been ordered to provide documents stored in an Ireland data centre to the US government. http://www.datacenterdynamics.com/focus/archive/2014/08/microsoft-ordered-hand-over-dublin-data. Will this hinder US companies offering cloud services?

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by WillR on Monday August 04 2014, @01:48PM

    by WillR (2012) on Monday August 04 2014, @01:48PM (#77199)
    Except tax laws. Setting up a subsidiary in Ireland to own all your IP, and then "licensing" it back at a rate that just coincidentally moves almost all your profits to the Irish company is still totally legitimate.
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  • (Score: 1) by Horse With Stripes on Monday August 04 2014, @03:53PM

    by Horse With Stripes (577) on Monday August 04 2014, @03:53PM (#77249)

    is still totally legitimate.

    You mean totally legal. I'm not so sure about its legitimateness.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04 2014, @07:14PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04 2014, @07:14PM (#77312)

      Legitimacy.

    • (Score: 3) by WillR on Monday August 04 2014, @08:39PM

      by WillR (2012) on Monday August 04 2014, @08:39PM (#77349)
      Touché, sir Horse.