On Aug 25, 2004, at 10:42 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The Mercury News wrote:
"Yahoo cannot expect both to benefit from the fact that its content
may
be viewed around the world and to be shielded from the resulting
costs,"
Judge Warren Ferguson wrote for a 2-1 majority.
While the French censorship attempt is bothersome, this seems to be
the
real revelation in this story: that a big business is being expected
to
live in the real world.
No. The point is that France is saying thier laws overide the U.S.
Constitution, for U.S. companies __IN THE U.S.A.__ And the U.S. court
of
appeals says sure that ole constitution don't mean sh!t.
I disagree. If Yahoo was polluting a lake on the US/Canada border,
would you argue that a Canadian court's attempt to bring the polluter
to justice was saying that their laws override the U.S. Constitution?
To the French, Yahoo is polluting a space we hold in common, the
Internet. The French are concerned that Yahoo is shouting "Movie"
in a crowded firehouse.
This is not to say that I think the French are right in this, just that
I appreciate the way Judge Ferguson framed the issue.
Dave
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