[At-Large] BBC : American law: How non-US companies are affected

Very informative article on the BBC website - American law: How non-US companies are affected : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/19172065 ; The Internet is not mentioned but "real world" examples given of how non-US companies and individuals outside the US can be subject to US laws based on the concept that "..any sovereign, whether a country, province, state or municipality, has a right to expect that a company or person doing business in that territory is subject to the laws of that territory"