Scripsit Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Exactly. It's not a cost because exactly the same thing could happen > anyway. The same is true of choice of venue clauses - the bringer of the > suit could claim that their local venue had jurisdiction over me, even > if this isn't actually the case.
The difference is that if you have accepted a choice-of-venue license, the sociopath can present his local venue with proof that it has jurisdisction. That makes a difference, however much you try to deny it. -- Henning Makholm "Al lykken er i ét ord: Overvægtig!"

