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Skriven 2015-10-20 01:33:02 av Lee Lofaso (2:203/2)
  Kommentar till text 28729 av Joe Delahaye (55709.fidonews)
Ärende: Saboteur of Fidonews
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Hello Joe,

 JD>>> Not on this side of the Atlantic Michiel.  What is law there, may
 JD>>> not be law here, not to mention the law does not prohibit such
 JD>>> agreements.

 MV>> So what you'r saying is that you can wipe your ass with the laws of the
 MV>> country
 MV>> where the publication originated and (re)publish it without permission
 MV>> because the laws of your own country allow it?

 JD> It is not being (re)published, only delivered a diferent method.  If I
send
 JD> a
 JD> printed copy, via mail, is that also against Dutch or EU laws?  After all
it
 JD> is now on paper instead of digital.

Theft is theft, regardless of method used.

 MV>> You may have a point.

 JD> I think so.

You don't.  Regardless of what you think or might think.
Theft is theft.  Plain and simple.  You do the crime, you
do the time.

Actually, it is more likely you'd get sued rather getting
tossed in jail or prison.  But hey.  It's your dime.  Or loon,
as they say in Canada.

 MV>> But then why the uproar when Björn put pictures of old playmates on his
 MV>> website? Why was he demonised for not following US law? If you guys are
 MV>> only bound by the laws of your own country, why does that not apply to
 MV>> Björn too?

 MV>> Or is this yet another case of double standards?

 JD> It is a different type of standard to be sure.

The USA, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, virtually all the countries
in the world, are signatories to the Berne Convention.  As such, it
is the same type of standard for all.

 JD> On the one hand, the US tries to extend its laws into the rest of the
world
 JD> (and that is not made up), but on the other it wont recognize laws from
 JD> other countries.  US Copyright law, seems
 JD> to be the end all be all, and soon (if ratified), it will be the law of
the
 JD> world, when the TPP comes into effect.

The USA became a signatory to the Berne Convention in 1989.
It is now 2015, almost 2016.  The USA is not about to return
to an isolationist past, which it had left almost a century
ago.  Much better to engage with the rest of the world, and
be a part of the world, making this world a better place
for us all.

--Lee

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