John Howell wrote:
[snip]> But entirely aside from these quibbles, the obvious problem is
how the
copyright laws of Country A can be or should be enforced in and by
Country B. And that apparently IS hard to pinpoint, and is the whole
point of this discussion.
John
That is indeed the crux of the IMSLP case -- apparently UE threatened
and the owner of IMSLP bowed to the threat rather than face a lawsuit in
Canada brought by Canadian lawyers on behalf of UE. The legality of UE
trying to enforce Austrian (was it Austrian or German?) copyright laws
in Canada, or to enforce that nobody from UE's geographical area be
allowed to upload copyrighted materials is not yet determined.
Is it up to an internet site owner in Canada to try to enforce the laws
of a foreign country? I would think that UE's real lawsuit would be
against the ISP in its own country which did nothing to prevent the
illegal uploading of copyrighted materials. But then I haven't read any
of the international copyright treaties that Canada may have signed so I
have no clue as to what agreements Canada made with other signatories as
to enforcement in Canada of copyrights from those foreign countries.
International copyright issues are entirely the domain of treaties,
which have the force of law but aren't as readily accessible as laws are
becoming, nor are they publicized the same way.
--
David H. Bailey
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