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Happily, to counterbalance that, US jurisdiction is often assumed to cover the farthest reaches of the planet.

That's patently false. Good luck enforcing US business law in Norway.

Funny - we seem to have no problem with drones killing an alarming number of civilians with no declaration of war... I guess that's under patent law?

Actually, I have had US business law thrown at me. It didn't stick, of course, but that was much to the throwers surprise, apparently.

But then, I'm not in Norway. I'm in Denmark :)

RIAA/MPAA believe otherwise

They also end 100 miles in from the border. [1]

[1] https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

Even worse when you consider what percentage of the US population lives within 100 miles of the border, which is where the 4th amendment apparently does not apply -- about 2/3rds of the US population!

https://www.aclu.org/other/constitution-100-mile-border-zone

It is indeed unacceptable.

contrary to everything our forefathers fought for

Ummm... the fact that you lose certain rights when crossing an international border came from the founding fathers. It's nothing new.