On Sun, 17 Aug 2003, Gregg C Levine wrote: > Hello from Gregg C Levine > Haven't we been beating this subject over the head with a selection of > blunt instruments? Or for that matter, the chosen weapons of a Tusken > Sand Raider. > > As I recall, early in the Twentieth Century, the Berne Convention > spent an awful lot of time discussing these issues, and most of the > countries of today, were signers then. We finally agreed to it, about > forty years later. Naturally there are a few which ignore those laws, > as often as they honor them. So, our little discussion here, while > relevant, isn't going to settle this one, right now. Yes, John, I > agree with you, our laws tend to annoy the folks in other countries. > Sometimes. But grouching about it, here, isn't going to solve that > one.
Not your laws so much as the expectation that _everything_ American - laws, business interests, culture, Macdonalds ... is right for everyone. Take Iraq for example. How relevant is US copyright law to Iraqis? Guess who's writing Iraq copyright law: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/30441.html -- Cheers John. Join the "Linux Support by Small Businesses" list at http://mail.computerdatasafe.com.au/mailman/listinfo/lssb Copyright John Summerfield. Reproduction prohibited.
