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On the community I have no idea, but I imagine the next reincarnation of these type of markets will have to be managed by lone wolfs out of a cave in Afghanistan.

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in all seriousness perhaps iranian hosts would be a viable route

In all seriousness, is there any legal precedent for seizing/shooting down satellites?

Space law tends to be extrapolated from maritime law as many of the legal condundrums are similar. So if you had a pirate satellite then it could probably be seized under a letter of marque. It's a fun question, I'll look into it.

I am not sure you want to stare down the Iranian justice system.

The US would never extradite to Iran, so unless you are so desperate to open a "dark net market" that you move to Iran, you will stare down the US justice system, not the Iranian tribunals.

If you don't live in Iran, staring down the Iranian justice system [given the lack of love other nations have for them] is pretty easy.

Tbh tho, I wouldn't be surprised if you setup an Iranian site that you weren't accused of "funding terrorist operations" and the trial gets replaced with a US drone strike.

To my knowledge, there have not been any drone missile strikes in Iran. That would likely constitute an act of war. Iran did shoot down a spy drone back in 2011.

Point taken, though.

> If you don't live in Iran.

As in, you live somewhere else out of reach of the Iranian and US justice systems. But you host the site in Iran.

@opendais: I'm still confused where the drone strike is happening.

Let us say you decide to hide out in Cambodia while operating servers in Iran.

The point is where isn't important. Given a large enough market, the US would do whatever was needed to catch you. :P

This is perhaps pedantic, but the US is also not going to order a drone strike in Cambodia.

You'd probably fall afoul of sanctions law if you tried that.

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