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Comment by jsumrall | Hacker News Reader

I wonder who owns this eu-inc.org website and is selling the merch.

In the ToS it states: >These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California

Yeah, I think there is some confusion in this thread. eu-inc.org isn't an official source or anything, though von der Leyen did say "EU Inc" in her speech at Davos. The European Parliament specifically mentioned not liking "incorporated" because it was American terminology preferring "Societas Europaea Unificata" instead which is pretty funny.

Reminds me of all the official sounding websites with short domain names purporting to explain the purpose and mechanisms of the GDPR, which were almost all operated by advertising companies or industry groups representing them.

One of them is https://klinger.io who has been lobbying and working on this EU Inc topic for a while if you follow him on Linkedin.

The FAQ states:

> Imprint: eu-inc.org, Factory Lisbon, Av. Infante Dom Henrique 143, 1950-406 Lisboa, Portugal

Which is odd, because Germany is the country that requires the "imprint", and it absolutely must be labelled "impressum" and not "imprint".

Can you point to any law which states that it has to be Impressum? Could not find anything and I doubt that this naming is a law.

Also: Germany is by far not the only country which requires a sort of imprint.

It is by some guy on X who memed about the EU Inc for a long time.

Someone in Silicon Valley really wants this to happen :-)

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