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Violating the Law...?
2/7/2002 1:49:07 PM
Posted By: Stephen Downes

Steve wrote, "As the Hollywood Reporter writes, the site is pretty clearly violating intellectual property law ? despite its published disclaimer that its online movies are 'lawful and free from copyright infringement under the laws of the Republic of China.'"

Of course the interesting question here is - what if what they are doing *is* legal under the laws of ROC? What then? It would be of course completely wrong to say (as Steve does) that "the site is pretty clearly violating intellectual property law" since, of course, American law does not apply in ROC.

Eventually there will be a more clear cut case. What then?


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