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Can somebody explain why american law is relevant here? Please excuse my ignorance, but shouldn't British law supercede American law as Holmes was first publish
by sfrechtling 13y ago
Can somebody explain why american law is relevant here? Please excuse my ignorance, but shouldn't British law supercede American law as Holmes was first published in Britain?
- mitchty 13y agoSimple, because this covers America. If Britain wants to enforce its copyrights here, well you'll have to either use force or fire up a treaty. Until then American copyright law applies to something copyrighted in America. Doesn't really enter in that it was published in Britain first.
- dragonwriter 13y ago> Can somebody explain why american law is relevant here? Because actions within the jurisdiction of the United States are governed by the U.S. law? > Please excuse my ignorance, but shouldn't British law supercede American law as Holmes was first published in Britain? No, British law doesn't govern what people can do in the United States. I thought we settled that a couple hundred years ago?
- ijk 13y agoBecause it's already public domain in Britain, and has been since 2000. Since copyright is per-country, that didn't matter for an American case. Past that, America is a big enough chunk of the English-speaking audience that its American status is a factor for major commercial projects.