I wasn't actually questioning whether we are subject to the laws of the location of the server. I understand that we are.
What I'm saying is that it's impossible for most international users to know the legal intricacies of foreign countries, much less the laws that govern specific cities/counties/etc. of the specific locale in question. Under most circumstances, it's not really an issue, but in the case of this situation, wherein LJ/SA is being absolutely circumspect about their definitions of things like "acceptable content" and leaning on the word "illegal" like it's a crutch, then I think all of us - locals and international users alike - are quite right to try to force some specifics out of them.
We need to know what standards are truly going to be applied. Merely saying they won't tolerate "illegal" stuff isn't good enough, because there's been no definition of how they will determine what content is going to be considered "illegal." Just looking through the comments to this post will demonstrate that there are multiple interpretations possible. We need a reasonable idea of how LJ/SA will be interpreting that. They surely do know how they intend to deal with this stuff; they simply don't want to let themselves be nailed down.
I don't for an instant think it's incumbent upon me to learn the detailed ins and outs of every location of every server I might ever use on the internet. I don't even think that's possible, especially since I don't always have the slightest clue where the server is. It just makes sense that the service provider would provide clear and usable guidelines to users so they would know whether or not to bother using the service.
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What I'm saying is that it's impossible for most international users to know the legal intricacies of foreign countries, much less the laws that govern specific cities/counties/etc. of the specific locale in question. Under most circumstances, it's not really an issue, but in the case of this situation, wherein LJ/SA is being absolutely circumspect about their definitions of things like "acceptable content" and leaning on the word "illegal" like it's a crutch, then I think all of us - locals and international users alike - are quite right to try to force some specifics out of them.
We need to know what standards are truly going to be applied. Merely saying they won't tolerate "illegal" stuff isn't good enough, because there's been no definition of how they will determine what content is going to be considered "illegal." Just looking through the comments to this post will demonstrate that there are multiple interpretations possible. We need a reasonable idea of how LJ/SA will be interpreting that. They surely do know how they intend to deal with this stuff; they simply don't want to let themselves be nailed down.
I don't for an instant think it's incumbent upon me to learn the detailed ins and outs of every location of every server I might ever use on the internet. I don't even think that's possible, especially since I don't always have the slightest clue where the server is. It just makes sense that the service provider would provide clear and usable guidelines to users so they would know whether or not to bother using the service.