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<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jordi
Gutierrez Hermoso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
On 05/06/07, MJ Ray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Small excerpts (e.g. an Emacs reference card from the Emacs info docs)
> are probably covered under Fair Use. [...]
This is England calling.
Would the FSF have to sue under US law or UK law an offender in the
UK? I'm genuinely ignorant about this issue.
English law.
The UK is not England. The UK does *not* *have* a legal system, as
legally it is two kingdoms, each with their constitutionally guaranteed
separate legal systems (think of it as if the US congress could pass
state laws that applied in one or other state, but could not pass laws
which applied to the entire US as a whole. Weird, I know, but it's the
system we have).
The UK (yes I know I said we don't have a legal system) is a signatory
to Berne, which merely guarantees that a foreigner has the same rights
as the locals. So, as a USian, you can sue in the UK with exactly the
same rights as a UK subject would have. Which is why, if as a UKian I
want to sue in the US, I have to register my copyright with the Library
of Congress just like you have to do.
Cheers,
Wol
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