We are not part of the United Nations. We signed no treaty, and our government refuses to extradite for any reason. Even so, International Copyright Law only covers protecting rights; the consequences for violating these rights still differ in each country. Extradition in many places is hard or impossible, several countries, even those who are part of the UN and in treaties, still refuse to extradite (Brazil is a good example, as is China, and Russia). You’ll find countries are not willing to give over their sovereignty to another nation unless a very serious crime (murder, grand theft, smuggling) has been accused. Nobody is bound to follow the law of another country simply by using their servers, these things are very complex in nature.
Hmm, yes, but if say you were uploading kiddie porn or claiming art from a famous artist as your own, then perhaps the U.S. government would at least find a way to have your government deal with you. On the first offense, the U.S. gov't might actually track you down themselves, but I don't know that they'd actually step into your country. They might just report you to your officials, making sure you were dealt with. Either way, if you are posting to a U.S. gov't site, and you make a BIG enough splash to get noticed, lol, then they might actually take action against you. 
Uploading offensive child images is illegal here anyway, so we wouldn't need to break US law to be prosecuted for it. We have our own laws that can be compared to copyright. For example, if I claim I made art that I did not that's fraud, which is illegal. I doubt the USA would do anything even if I posted to a US gov site, anything they did could be considered an act of aggression and I'm sure we'd respond in kind (and trust me, no country in the world would dare get on the bad side of the Guard XD
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I doubt they'd go after one single person. But if a country had a site like megaupload, then they U.S. might get involved again. But it would have to be really worth it for them to make such a bold move (i.e., more than just one site and probably infringing on the rights of several countries). Really, it's just a bunch of hypotheticals at this point.
All I can do is tell people to back up their stuff, especially for this site. The copyright symbol doesn't guarantee you protection. Even registering your work and getting it officially copyrighted doesn't guarantee you are protected from theft. That's why always keep copies of your drafts from start to finish; that's your proof that you are indeed the original artist. [link]
Well, that's my advice on for people on dA anyway
I doubt they'd go after one single person. But if a country had a site like megaupload, then they U.S. might get involved again. But it would have to be really worth it for them to make such a bold move (i.e., more than just one site and probably infringing on the rights of several countries). Really, it's just a bunch of hypotheticals at this point. All I can do is tell people to back up their stuff, especially for this site. The copyright symbol doesn't guarantee you protection. Even registering your work and getting it officially copyrighted doesn't guarantee you are protected from theft. That's why always keep copies of your drafts from start to finish; that's your proof that you are indeed the original artist. [link]
Well, that's my advice on for people on dA anyway
There are a lot of random international laws out there, so it can be hard to know what is legal and what is not. Then it gets harder when you deal with justice systems that are not the same, from legalism in common or civil law, to relious ruling, to customary justice systems. That is why the internet is such an issue where copyright is regarded. There is no one accepted practice, you can't protect yourself from everyone, you can only protect yourself from the most amount of people who are bound by the same laws as you are.
LOL. That's still a lot of people 
... in my country anyway since the U.S. is tied to the UN.
... in my country anyway since the U.S. is tied to the UN.
Ah, okay. 
Good point. I forgot that not everyone is part of the UN. 
Good point. I forgot that not everyone is part of the UN. For countries like mine, the best thing you can do is ask people to look at [link] That is a request from your court to a foreign court to help them with something. Even for non-UN members, foreign courts can still look into this, and if it is deemed unacceptable can help you. Failing that, you can always hire a lawyer who is an expert on foreign law and try to find if they broke a law in their own country. For example, if I stole your artwork, even though I can't be tried under US law or a treaty, my own country still has laws against this. Instead of an American lawsuit for copyright theft, you can look into a local prosecution for fraud.
Not sure why dA didn't remove the period from the end of that link, strange).
But I had another thought, something I was bringing up with someone else. Where do you fit in with copyright? What field do you follow? Do you support the open source side, GPL? Or are you more strict?
But I had another thought, something I was bringing up with someone else. Where do you fit in with copyright? What field do you follow? Do you support the open source side, GPL? Or are you more strict?
(Remove the full stop from the end of that hyperlink dA broke the link.
dA broke the link.