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Somebody once pointed out that such link aggregation sites that operate outside the US seem to be getting in more legal trouble than similiar sites operating un
by lumberjack 14y ago
Somebody once pointed out that such link aggregation sites that operate outside the US seem to be getting in more legal trouble than similiar sites operating under a US domain and possibly on US soil. Is this true and if so, why?
- metatronscube 14y agoThe UK 'Government' is just a lapdog for US interests and they are scared of pissing them off. So they can get away with it. The English courts in particular are weak compared to others in the UK as well. I think they need a change of Government.
- TazeTSchnitzel 14y agoThat's not true. Certain politicians have been "lapdogs", though. You think we voted for the Iraq war?
- hahainternet 14y agoTony Blair was re-elected, so I'm not even sure that this argument has merit.
- rprasad 14y agoU.S. copyright laws and enforcement are not as bad as nerdom make it out to be. Indeed, the U.S. is frequently the opposition to extending copyright durations and other copyright regimes (ACTA, etc., notwithstanding). In the U.S., copyright infringement is only a crime if done for money (because there is an element of fraud, i.e., selling goods that you do not own). Outside of the U.S., copyright infringement can be a crime even if no money is involved. Furthermore, a lot of the "rights" in the criminal justice system are actually features of only the U.S. system (i.e,. right to a lawyer, right to a fair trial, right to a jury) and are not actually shared by most other legal systems.
- Ralith 14y ago> the U.S. is frequently the opposition to extending copyright durations Except when Mickey Mouse comes up for expiration.