That is correct (not everywhere) but it has no direct relationship with the economics plus violating local or international laws is way above layer 7
Also there is no uniform and universal standard that defines what is or is not a violation. -Jorge > On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:17 AM, Masataka Ohta <mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> > wrote: > > Jorge Amodio wrote: > >> There is no field on the IP packet header to indicate to which >> political mandate the packet belongs. > > If a service provider violates some local regulation, the > provider will be punished, which is the political > mandate. > > That is, the service provider should better observe related > local regulations as long as they want to have business > at the locale. > > Masataka Ohta