A Website Lets Anyone Sell Items to Buyers from Around

question 48

Essay

A website lets anyone sell items to buyers from around the world.The site's policies for the items being sold included prohibitions on particular illegal items from being sold.It also tells sellers that they could not list items in jurisdictions where the sale of the item would violate the jurisdiction's applicable laws.The
E.U. found a violation of their law. Would a U.S. court find the same?
No. An American court would hold that they would not be bound by the European judgment because it is inconsistent with the U.S. Constitution. The IRA is political organization. The items promoting the IRA would be protected under the right to free speech. This decision would follow the reasoning and holding of the Yahoo! case.
E.U. has an anti-terrorism law prohibiting the sale of pro-Irish Republican Army related items on the internet. The website has several IRA items for sale. The

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Definitions:

Corporate Culture

The shared values, attitudes, standards, and beliefs that characterize members of an organization and define its nature.

Transactional Leaders

Leaders who focus on the role of supervision, organization, and group performance; they are concerned with maintaining the normal flow of operations.

Competing Style

A conflict resolution approach where one party seeks to achieve their own goals at the expense of others, often characterized by assertiveness and uncooperativeness.

Aggressive Tactics

Strategies or behaviors that are assertive, forceful, and possibly attacking, often used in competitive contexts.