On 23 Feb 2010, at 03:08, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
Sorry, guys, but isn't this discussion drifting into the wrong
direction? The
original post was about the GERMAN wikipedia example, so I don't see
where
Canadian copyright law comes into play.
He is worrying about what happens when he views it in Canada.
With German pages, one can argue that they are intended for a German-
speaking
audience[*], so at most Austrian, Swiss and German copyright law is
relevant.
([*] That's what the copyright lawyer told us in the law course (for
law
students!) on austrian copyright law, which I took last year...)
Strictly speaking it depends on were the server is, because for
example the Austrian authorities can do nothing about it if it is in
say the US. The situation is complicated if the server has is
distributed, having automated mirrors in different countries, and it
may difficult and impossible to know from where the stuff was
downloaded.
They can go after Austrians, but in is not practical in police
enforcing terms.
Hans
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