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Originally Posted by gideongallery
american rights supercede everyone elses
you are so dead wrong, if US laws (copyright act is a US law) superceded foreign countries laws then the pirate bay could be charged for violating the DMCA with their refusal. They couldn't they had to be judge by swedish law.
copyright is a personal right granting not a transactional rights granting. people/companies are granted the exclusive right to sell the content. People are granted fair use rights to use otherwise copyright protected material.
so the act of selling to a canadian irregardless of what country the transaction happens in grants cede person all the fair use rights granted to canadian citizen.
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First, I do not live in U.S. Second, the pirate bay is not charged by my country, but our court ordered our ISPs to block it. We had the same taxes and "rights" as you, but it does'nt work as long it is without control and on "public domain" by private people without restrictions. Something which is taxed by authorities, should be administrated fully by the same authorities. Just like a library...
Sooner or later, there will be enough political pressure (as long the piracy grows) and at some point the country hosting or allowing it will have to act and change their own laws. Sweden was a haven for piracy, but with new laws that will be history soon. As I said, if Canadians consider themselves superior to others, they will face the same pressure as we did. This has nothing to do with U.S or other countries running the show, but creating common rules. Without fair play, "fair use" is a meaningless word.