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PGLAF is incorporated in the US, their site is hosted in the US and their employees live in the US. Tell me again why they need to worry about the law of any co
by cloakandswagger 9y ago
PGLAF is incorporated in the US, their site is hosted in the US and their employees live in the US. Tell me again why they need to worry about the law of any country but the US?
It's up to the German courts/government to deny access to sites that break their laws, not try to impose their law on people outside their jurisdiction.
- Tomte 9y agoYou don‘t want to tell me that a US court would show any restraint if a non-US based person violated American copyright?
- mcguire 9y agoFor many years, China felt no urge to follow international copyright agreements. It was popular in certain circles to buy pirated Chinese editions (in English) of textbooks because they were very cheap. Likewise, Microsoft has long had problems with pirated versions of Windows. Further, DVDs and CDs.... The general response from US courts was, "eh, what can we do?"
- thomastjeffery 9y agoUS rightsholders have been seriously abusing copyright outside of US borders. I personally am not okay with it. If Germany's laws must be applied to a US business, then the US is prima facie not sovereign.
- Mindwipe 9y agoI think you have a big shock coming about how international law works and applies to websites outside of their country.