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Since ICE is seizing domains who infringe copyright, wouldn't it make sense for all companies to copyright all internal documents and communication immediately,
by mmaunder 16y ago
Since ICE is seizing domains who infringe copyright, wouldn't it make sense for all companies to copyright all internal documents and communication immediately, and then claim copyright infringement if wikileaks publishes them?
Even if wikileaks.org can't be seized [I'm not advocating that] wouldn't it give corporations more legal power via the DMCA to be able to claim copyright infringement?
- dangrossman 16y ago1) All those documents are protected by copyright the moment they're produced. 2) The DMCA is a US law, and wikileaks.org's IP is in France. As with Assange, they'll move the operation wherever in the world they need to find favorable laws. If the force of US law was enough to stop wikileaks it would have been gone long ago. Publishing national secrets is a much more intimidating crime than civil copyright infringement, no?
- jacquesm 16y agoThat's not all there is to it, Assange has a 1.4G timebomb out there, the passkey to which will likely be revealed when he decides or disappears long enough.
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- jamaicahest 16y agoJust for clarity, the EU has a law similar to the DMCA, called the EUCD and it is called the DADVSI in France.