I don't like the RIAA very much myself. Please don't take my comments as supportive of their idiotic business model...just that they unfortunately have the law on their side.

I haven't read the judge's findings on what constituted the necessary minimum contacts...but I suspect that the downloads of their software (and hence access to their network), combined with ad revenue and US products being uploaded to their network would be sufficient. I seriously doubt if they have registered agents or anything in the US...plus that Vanatu thing is so clearly a dodge of international law, it won't take too much pressure on the former New Hebrides (sp?) to straighten this all out.

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