The only sort of IP->location information is based roughly on the registrar which is kept in the ARIN database located at arin.net. If you had all that data available, then you could make a rough guess, but it would be just that, a blind shot in the dark. IPs move all over the global network, and as merlyn mentioned above, it would be a legal enforcement problem.

If you wanted to check out where your hits are coming from (in a demographic sense after the fact), then you could use that db, which oftentimes has contact information for abuse and such. Clickwrap agreements have been held up in court regarding software, so if you have a legitimate legal concern (exporting crypto software, etc), then you may want to check with a lawyer, but basically an agreement on the site is prolly where you'd want to go next.

    --jay

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