Honestly, I wouldn't be so bothered if it was handing over IP addresses and stuff for the sake of... say, selective advertisement, or ways to improve the site for viewers, or fairly minor things. Lawsuits, though? Geez, isn't that a little much?
And I know these are American companies, but it still bugs me that one country can decide this kind of thing for people around the world. We don't get a say in their laws or elections, yet we do suffer the consequences. I think. If lawsuits aren't being handed out to non-Americans, that's a bit of a relief, I guess, but it feels to me that the Internet needs to be governed, if at all, by something international - not by the laws of individual nations.
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