It does not, but whoever controlling those domains may have their own rules about who may use them, and terminate your account if they feel you've broken their rules.

One common rule is that you have to actually be a person or company in that location. I know that's true for .eu (which was real fun for brexit), probably for .uk, but I don't think it's a requirement for .us.

If you really want that name, I'd pick a non-ccTLD and pay a bit more.

Watch out: Country specific TLDs may be aubject to restrictions like .eu or .de requiring to live there. Some may even require an adress there.

You aren't beholden to any other countries laws, but such domains are the property of their respective countries and their usaging can be conditional and revoked at any time (see what happened recently with .ml domains). Personally I use a .xyz domain because it's also very cheap, although I've heard that it can make you appear more "suspicious" to antivirus companies and such.

The short answer is no, you aren't bound to the nation's laws unless you have a "presence" in their jurisdiction - it could be argued that by using CloudFlare you might be subject to US law because the traffic runs through systems owned by a US company, or you are giving money to a US company by using them as a registrar. The worst they could probably do is order CloudFlare to turnover records or stop doing business with you, but still. Typically that would require lawyers and be expensive, so unless you've really pissed off someone with a ton of cash you are probably safe.

The actual domain itself doesn't really bind you beyond the registration rules, which the country themselves set - typically these will allow for cancellation of the registration for any reason.

If you want to host "Linux ISOs" I've heard from a friend that Njalla is the best option. You don't own the domain meaning your personaldetails aren't published and Njalla has a good track record when it comes to protecting their customers.

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You can use noip.com for free dynamic DNS

And if you're concerned about whoever finding out you're hosting illegal content you can have a WireGuard server and have everything go through it instead of being open to the web. This also has the advantage of being essentially undetectable from the outside