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title: Yahoo outside French law
date: "2001-11-20T12:00:00Z"
categories:
  - links
wp_id: 1563
description: This report covers the landmark 2001 ruling where a US judge found that French laws prohibiting the sale of Nazi memorabilia could not be enforced against Yahoo’s US-based servers, highlighting early conflicts in global internet jurisdiction.
keywords: [yahoo, french law, jurisdiction, internet regulation, cross-border law, legal precedent]
---

Yahoo is outside the [jurisdiction](http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-7815683.html) of French law.