You're kind of conflating civil law from criminal here... a little bit.
In a criminal case, if the state (that is the US) has personal jurisdiction over the criminal, and subject matter jurisdiction over the crime, they can attempt to prosecute.
Personal jurisdiction just means, do they have the person, and they can actually get this through extradition, if the other country agrees. In your example, the criminal is still in the US, so American prosecutors would have personal jurisdiction.
Subject matter would be, usually, did the crime take place in that country. If the theft happens in the US, they're going to have subject matter jurisdiction.
Civil law works a little differently. Jurisdiction is basically the same, though personal jurisdiction is a little more fluid in civil cases (IIRC).
There was a case back in the 80s, where someone was allowed to file a civil suit in the US against someone outside of it, for torts that happened outside the US... and, ironically, I kind of think it might have involved Noriega, though I can't find the case right now.
This is the inverse, the alleged tort happened in the US, so the US has subject matter and personal jurisdiction (over Activision).
The question is, can Noriega file? I want to say it's not even a citizenship issue, because if he was in the US it would be a non-issue. But, because he's not in the US, and can't come here to file suit personally... that could be a problem.
Again, in a criminal case, it doesn't matter because the opposing party is the state, not a private individual, and (this will sound stupid, but) the state is always going to be in its own jurisdiction. In a civil case, there usually isn't any state involvement (as an adversarial party), so, where Noriega is, becomes an issue.
There was a thread on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, I think, where someone was saying they didn't even know who Noriega was, and didn't expect anyone who'd played the game would either... so, I guess, Call of Duty players who aren't old enough to have seen TV in the late '80s?
Noriega isn't really central to the game. The game revolves around events in the 1980s and the 2020s, involving a character named Raul Melendez, who was screwed by the CIA, and sets about engineering his revenge. Noriega features into one of the mid game missions set in Panama in '89.
While he's central to that mission, he's fairly unimportant to the story as a whole.
Ironically, the game itself might point that one out. It's been awhile since I played it, so I can't remember if the characters in that mission actually mentions how Noriega was put in power, but I kinda think one of them does.
And yet they're not worried about "hackers/terrorists/school kids" using the back door they're demanding to hijack other vehicles... Yeah, no danger there.
Now, that's not fair, the NYPD's always finding new ways to stomp all over people's civil rights. Be it stop and frisk, playing with stingrays, or trying to figure out how they can get their hands on some drones.
Because, when it's a cop threatening mass murder it's not a real charge, just like the cop last year in DC who was threatening to off the President.
If you or I did that, it would be a federal case, a literal federal case, but, because he's a Law Enforcement Officer with a history of mental illness, we know he's "just kidding."
Same thing here, we all know Pasquale didn't mean it, he's just, you know, "joking", or using "a legitimate 'interview' technique" to converse with the suspect.
Without him, they would no longer exist. A couple years ago money was so tight they were actually refusing to pay their writers. It's why a lot of them, like Shamus Young, Extra Credits, and Lisa Folies took off. They've apparently started actually paying again, and some of their former talent has returned, but still.
Well, we are talking about the site that just kept running Bioware fluff pieces, even after soured soured on the company. Then would go into a frothing rage the instant anyone suggested there was some potential bias.
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In the case of The Escapist, they're specifically trying to drive people to their subscription service. Saying they'll take away the obtrusive adds if you cough up... I think it's five or ten bucks a month.
The irony is, if they didn't run the obnoxious ads they do, and then try to use that to coerce you into coughing up cash to make it go away, I'd be less inclined to simply noscript the hell out of their site...
Of course I also ended up with ransomware on a laptop, where The Escapist was probably the vector so... ugh.
Anyone else suspect the state Lutz fled to was someplace under the Florida Everglades?
I mean, yes, I'm being a smartass here. But, I'm actually not sure if anyone's seen him in weeks. I would think there'd be an actual criminal investigation if he had actually vanished, but this is popcorn entertainment, for me, so it's almost an honest question.
Maybe I'm showing my age, but "socking" makes me think we're talking about poop socking. From the old MMO days where you didn't dare log off, because that incredibly rare boss you needed for your quest might spawn and get killed, while you were relieving yourself.
In a way, it's fallout from the propaganda machines of WWII. That strand of jingoism didn't go away. The Cold War, and the Bipolar system gave it the tone it's kept. ("We're the good guys, fighting the 'evil empire.'") And, since the fall of the Soviet Union it's survived mostly unabated.
There was some general cynicism towards it, starting in the 70s, with Nixon. After the end of the cold war, there was a sense that the American public was less satisfied with the clear delineation between "us and them", because there was no "them" anymore.
But, then September 11th happened, and... well, just being able to type "September 11th happened" is enough to indicate where, as a culture, we gleefully scampered back to the cold war era mindset, only with a different opponent. And we've been sliding back out of that mindset, into our previous state of cynicism.
That said, the entire do what we say, not what we do, approach to international politics has been ridiculously lucrative. We lost a lot of soft power, when Bush pushed too hard for war, and now with Manning and Snowden, we're losing even more. But, the ability to pretend we were the heroes of the world bought us a lot of influence.
Using your own (political) hypocrisy as soft power in international negotiations. Getting what you want by touting an altruistic ideology you claim to support, but in fact do not, making standing against your position look like trying to work against the common good, even when there are other, legitimate, reasons to say "no".
Unless of course, Steele knew Lutz wouldn't be there, and made himself unavailable as quickly as possible, once he was dismissed. Not really much of a leap. Then lets Hansmeier make up whatever hearsay he wants, about searching for Lutz, because he's not there to be asked to refute it.
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In a criminal case, if the state (that is the US) has personal jurisdiction over the criminal, and subject matter jurisdiction over the crime, they can attempt to prosecute.
Personal jurisdiction just means, do they have the person, and they can actually get this through extradition, if the other country agrees. In your example, the criminal is still in the US, so American prosecutors would have personal jurisdiction.
Subject matter would be, usually, did the crime take place in that country. If the theft happens in the US, they're going to have subject matter jurisdiction.
Civil law works a little differently. Jurisdiction is basically the same, though personal jurisdiction is a little more fluid in civil cases (IIRC).
There was a case back in the 80s, where someone was allowed to file a civil suit in the US against someone outside of it, for torts that happened outside the US... and, ironically, I kind of think it might have involved Noriega, though I can't find the case right now.
This is the inverse, the alleged tort happened in the US, so the US has subject matter and personal jurisdiction (over Activision).
The question is, can Noriega file? I want to say it's not even a citizenship issue, because if he was in the US it would be a non-issue. But, because he's not in the US, and can't come here to file suit personally... that could be a problem.
Again, in a criminal case, it doesn't matter because the opposing party is the state, not a private individual, and (this will sound stupid, but) the state is always going to be in its own jurisdiction. In a civil case, there usually isn't any state involvement (as an adversarial party), so, where Noriega is, becomes an issue.
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While he's central to that mission, he's fairly unimportant to the story as a whole.
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If you or I did that, it would be a federal case, a literal federal case, but, because he's a Law Enforcement Officer with a history of mental illness, we know he's "just kidding."
Same thing here, we all know Pasquale didn't mean it, he's just, you know, "joking", or using "a legitimate 'interview' technique" to converse with the suspect.
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Lameness is in their blood.
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The irony is, if they didn't run the obnoxious ads they do, and then try to use that to coerce you into coughing up cash to make it go away, I'd be less inclined to simply noscript the hell out of their site...
Of course I also ended up with ransomware on a laptop, where The Escapist was probably the vector so... ugh.
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I mean, yes, I'm being a smartass here. But, I'm actually not sure if anyone's seen him in weeks. I would think there'd be an actual criminal investigation if he had actually vanished, but this is popcorn entertainment, for me, so it's almost an honest question.
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There was some general cynicism towards it, starting in the 70s, with Nixon. After the end of the cold war, there was a sense that the American public was less satisfied with the clear delineation between "us and them", because there was no "them" anymore.
But, then September 11th happened, and... well, just being able to type "September 11th happened" is enough to indicate where, as a culture, we gleefully scampered back to the cold war era mindset, only with a different opponent. And we've been sliding back out of that mindset, into our previous state of cynicism.
That said, the entire do what we say, not what we do, approach to international politics has been ridiculously lucrative. We lost a lot of soft power, when Bush pushed too hard for war, and now with Manning and Snowden, we're losing even more. But, the ability to pretend we were the heroes of the world bought us a lot of influence.
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