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Norwegian site rehosting dozens of comics (including QC)
wrwight:
--- Quote from: dragontart on 17 Jul 2011, 11:05 ---
--- Quote ---I am not aware that the DMCA is taken to apply anywhere outside the USA, though.
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Not by that name, but Germany has very strict laws concerning at least artistic intellectual property which seems to be the same, basically. (This is why youtube is of the opinion that 80% (uneducated guess) of it's "content is not available in [my] country".)
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Continuing off-topic for a moment:
Isn't that the most annoying thing? I was looking for a song the other day that wasn't released in the US, only in Germany, and I found it on YouTube, only to get the "not available..." message. Until then I had thought it was just kind of strange, but since then I've always wondered what criteria they use for blocking.
idontunderstand:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2011, 11:13 ---Oh, indeed - and the UK has similar laws. But that's emphatically not the same as claiming that US law applies outside the US!
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Indeed. But that's not what I said. The court decides which law to apply, (which will usually be the one of the defendant) which could in that very case well be US law. The crucial question will be the location of the crime, which can be said to be both the USA and Sweden.
EDIT: Uh, granted the court has jurisdiction at all.
Skewbrow:
Eh? Isn't this server in Norway, not Sweden? Or are you talking about the Pirate Bay case now?
In neither case would a US court have much to say about it (and most likely would not hear the case). If the server were run by a company that also operates in USA, then you might give it a try.
stoutfiles:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 17 Jul 2011, 10:53 ---
--- Quote from: idontunderstand on 17 Jul 2011, 10:28 ---Mm, kinda funny, but it's bollocks that US law could not apply. Intellectual property rights are not limited to national territories.
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No, US law does not apply outside the US. To the extent that there are treaties between nations agreeing to it, there may be harmonisation of laws, and arrangements for deportation where appropriate, but the US does not have jurisdiction over a server in Sweden.
Even basic copyright is not uniform throughout the world - different countries have different terms, for instance (Canada 50 years, USA 70 years, Mexico 100 years).
I am not aware that the DMCA is taken to apply anywhere outside the USA, though.
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The DMCA will remove him from Google search results which is painful.
However, this is all moot. If Jeph wants to stop this he can either contact the webmaster, the host of the webmaster, or just block the offending Norwegian IP address. All three will work, especially the third option. Why doesn't a moderator just contact Jeph about it and see if he even cares? If so, we can assist any option he wants to choose.
Skewbrow:
... or he could take it to a Norwegian court that has jurisdiction over the server. Probably not worth his while, if a technical solution like blocking a server (but that may move!) is available.
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