On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 03:13:02PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > No, actually, my country's government doesn't give a flying fruit basket > what *another* country says copyright protections should be; if the work is > being distributed in the US, it's US copyright law that applies, because in > the absence of US copyright law *the work would enjoy no copyright > protection at all*. This is one of the reasons the Berne Convention exists > -- to ensure that signatory nations offer comparable copyright protections > to works regardless of their country of origin.
Do we reject software that originates in countries that are not signatories of the Berne convention? --Adam -- Adam McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
