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[–] gian@lemmy.grys.it 1 points 19 hours ago

Normally, criminal laws apply only within a country’s territory, with a limited list of exceptions. Attempting to prosecute citizens of another country for something they legally did in their home country is a breach of international norms. It’s not just that it is hard to prosecute, it really gets you into trouble with the other country.

That's why I said that it would be tried, not that it would be successfull.
But again, the distinction is if it was intentional or not. In case of a error in the process it obviously do not even start, maybe someone would be asked some question, like "how the fuck you confuse a gun with a book ?".
If it was intentional is another story. There is procedure, Italy should emit an international arrest warrant, then if the criminal it captured by Interpol or something similar a procedure for extradition start and the extradition could be denied obviously. And it would not get you into trouble with other countries, there are treaties else it would be too easy to commit crimes.

(BTW. It is a serious embarrassment. Is it so hard to remove just the overt fascism?)

Like what ?

Actually, I do remember the Italian state attempting to enforce some ill-considered IP laws against German company Ravensburger a few years ago. That wasn’t a criminal case but the state did want money. Of course, that went nowhere outside of Italy.

I remember it, and it was stupid from the start. But as you said it was not a crimial case, it was just a what you would call a civil case. But yes, we have some very stupid laws and some even more stupid people who think that these stupid laws are valid also in other countries.

A pre-internet equivalent to running a website could be running a telephone hotline, or a mail-order bookstore. Maybe the bookstore sells banned books or media. The hotline may talk about forbidden subjects. Perhaps another equivalent could be a TV or radio station that intentionally broadcasts across borders, like Radio Free Europe.

Still the same point. A company that legally sells know what to not sell and where, or where to offer service or not, so it would basically not even offer the banned thing to you.
For example, up until some years ago we cannot sell various types of sausages to the US so companies basically avoid to even offer them. But if someone, somehow would be able to sell them, the items would be seized and the buyer and seller punished with a fine.

I don’t think anyone ever considered trying to fine someone in another country over this.

They considered it, sometime tried to do it, but normally measures were taken.