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Which country laws does apply? Is it really illegal to share this in the whole world? Im not so sure about that.
by dosshell 6y ago
Which country laws does apply? Is it really illegal to share this in the whole world? Im not so sure about that.
- dleslie 6y agoIntel is an American company; so wherever there is an extradition treaty with the USA and where there are also similar laws.
- aflag 6y agoNo country Will extradite their own citizens, though. If intel wants the person punished, they have to sue them in the country they live in.
- deviarte 6y agoNot entirely correct. A lot of Latin American countries do it all the time.
- dleslie 6y ago> No country Will extradite their own citizens, though. This is demonstrably false. While not all of this list are Canadian citizens, some are: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_extradited_from_Canada_to_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:People_extradited_fro...
- refurb 6y agoJust had to remind of Charles Ng, huh? If you have a weak stomach, don’t dig further.
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- johnnyfaehell 6y agoWouldn't the publishing part just be standard copyright infrignement and just a civil matter?
- msbarnett 6y ago>Which country laws does apply? At the very least, Intel owns the copyright on this material, so sharing it is a copyright violation in any country that is a signatory to the Berne Convention or the TRIPS Agreement, which is effectively almost the entire planet. Then you have to add Trade Secret laws on top of that, which will have slightly narrower jurisdiction but still impact a lot of countries. There are very few places on earth where you would not be facing any legal trouble whatsoever for releasing this material.
- dathinab 6y agoBut that only matters if given country also prosecute you effectively. You probably find quite a bunch of countries where it's illegal but not prosecuted. Through I only know if Russia.
- mindfulhack 6y agoInteresting info! Here's a good list of potential candidate countries which are neither in Berne Convention nor TRIPS Agreement: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_countries_and_regions_that_are_not_signatories_to_the_Berne_Convention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berne_Convention#List_of_count... It may take effort and money to be protected, e.g. setting up a legal entity in that country which takes full responsibility and you cannot be legally forcibly unmasked as being a proprietor, and other local laws may need to be fully checked out to explore other risks. Nothing is a guarantee and perfection doesn't exist but it's fun to explore these legal layers.
- drudru11 6y agoHi msbarnett: sorry unrelated to this thread. In an older thread you mention an acronym TFA. The thread was a discussion on sparse files and removing bytes from the front of a file. What is TFA?
- msbarnett 6y agoIf you’re referring to: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20110301, it stands for “The Fucking Article” as in http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/R/RTFM.html
- olliej 6y agoCopyright law is fairly universal, so while stealing data/info from another company may not be illegal (depending on jurisdiction) copyright laws are pretty universal.
- dathinab 6y agoFor example in Russia you are basically guaranteed to not be prosecuted for all kinds of cybercrime as long as you don't have Russia/Russian companies or Russian citizens.
- mensetmanusman 6y agoMost western countries agree that the concept of ‘intellectual property’ is a good thing and afford protection, or else society disincentivizes innovation due to game theoretic tragedy of the commons-type reasons.
- akimball 6y agoAnd thus there is a sell-by date on capitalism.