[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

Thu Jul 20 14:20:18 UTC 2006

On Thu, July 20, 2006 13:00, Brianna Laugher wrote:
> Here are some recent issues that I would like resolved:
> * To what extent are we bound by local laws and to what extent are we
> bound by Florida's laws (as the home of our servers).

Something that was in The Register yesterday
(http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/19/youtube_copyright/) includes

"That protection [the DCMA] is irrelevant in the UK, says another
intellectual property expert. Kim Walker is a partner who specialises in
media law at Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.

...

Because this is intellectual property, the law that applies is that of the
place the alleged infringement took place," said Walker. "That applies
even if the servers are in Madras or the Channel Islands."

Alison