“The internet is not a law-free room”<p>This quote from a German politician sounds silly at first, but makes sense.<p>If a company wishes to get access to a market, they have to follow their laws.<p>I can’t start a company and sell pirated DVDs to the US – even if that might be legal in China.<p>And the US can then stop importing my products, and demand I follow their laws, or be blocked.<p>For you, as a solo developer, it is very simple.<p>Either you only focus on your own market, the market you know, or you accept to abide the rules of every market where you operate. Most US startups limit their services to the US only anyway, as you need a US address, or a US credit card, or a .edu email, etc.<p>But an internet without rules, without laws, would be the worst possible result for the consumer.<p>If someone scams you in a transaction? No way to get money back. If snapchat sells your nudes, or even blackmails you? No way to prevent.<p>We need those laws.