Re: Regulating the 'net (was Re: WC:>: (news) FTC staff recommends suit against Intel)

[Rainmaker]

At 12:47 PM 6/8/1998 -0400, Marshall Kragen so eloquently stated:
>The FTC has full power to take sanctions against companies operating in
>the U.S. violating its rules.  
>

Operative word - "operating."  If a company does not operate in
the US, the FTC has no jurisdiction, i.e., the Net with a site
based out of the U.S.

George


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