Text 32685, 56 rader
Skriven 2006-06-27 16:50:55 av Roy Witt (1:1/22)
  Kommentar till text 32662 av Michiel van der Vlist (2:280/5555)
Ärende: Dutch MP3 site loses court fight.
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27 Jun 06 19:36, Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Roy Witt:

 MvdV> Hello Roy.

 MvdV> 26 Jun 06 18:35, you wrote to me:

 RW>> Of course it is, but the copyright and the trademark logo should be
 RW>> registered in Sweden, not the USA.

 MvdV> Why not? Is it against the law in the US to register a foreign
 MvdV> trademark?

Don't you think it's ironic that they'd protect their trademark in the
country whose copyright laws they abhor? Don't you think it's ironic that
they're protecting their trademark at all, considering that they're
advocating the demise of the copyright laws in their own country? Which, I
might add, is just the opposite of what the EUCD advises each EU member's
legislatures to do.

 RW>> It's protected from infringement by Svedish copyright law, isn't it?
 RW>> - US copyright law will protect their logo under EU treaty in spite
 RW>> of the Svedish laws being lax in that area. Not only does the US
 RW>> government enforce it's copyright laws in the US, it also enforces
 RW>> them for foriegn works and such under international treaty.

 MvdV> No they do not.

You opinion is noted, even though it doesn't reflect reality.

 RW>> Something that isn't reciprocal among certain countries in the EU.
 RW>> They're supposed to be, but they aren't.

 MvdV> Tough luck. The US does not honour full reciprocity either.

Of course not, the US isn't a member of the EU. If a rogue country (read
EU State) is going to ignore the EU legislation advisories, then they
shouldn't be allowed to remain as a state in that union. I once predicted
that the EU would end up with only 10 member states. It's getting to the
point that some countries will be asked to drop out, or will be forced
out.

 RW>> Registering it in the US is just another slap in the face to those
 RW>> who obey the laws and don't steal from copyright owners. It's just
 RW>> like your claim when people say you're a file thief, I'm insulted
 RW>> when they flaunt their contempt of copyright laws in my face.

 MvdV> So you got fed some of your own medicine. You deserve that with
 MvdV> your medieval copyright laws.

I didn't get fed anything. I merely noted the audacity of certain people
whose thievery steps on the rights of others.


Roy
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