Answering my own question . .
> There is a precedent on the issue of jurisdiction. Someone who was
> managing from the UK a website in the USA offering obscene material
> contrary to the Obscene Publications Act was IIRC successfully prosecuted.
>
> I will try and find the case.
>
Graham Waddon's sites featured extreme pornography, including bestiality
and torture, and were seen by thousands of customers across the world.
One site took in up to £30,000 a week.
.
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He had hoped to escape prosecution by setting up the Websites in
America. But in a landmark ruling, Southwark Crown Court Judge
Christopher Hardy rejected his claims that they were outside British
jurisdiction.
Full article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/407863.stm
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