> From: Gordon Joly <gordon.j...@pobox.com> > > I mean,_linking to_ online TV is considered a copyvio? Next thing you > > know, being able to remember any details of a TV show you watched last > > week will be considered a copyvio for having a 'copy' in your brain.
> I am not sure of the charges, but, yes, I can see how a link to is a > copyright violation, in the context of "sharing". The article actually states that, in the USA, there is precedent that linking to a copyright violation does not, in itself, constitute a copyright violation. Since the site is largely-inaccessible, I can't comment on what it was linking to; this could be as-simple as with cases such as the pub landlady Sky tried to sue for using a EuroSat box and showing her customers matches from another EU country. That got kicked out as violating EU competition laws, which I sincerely hope far more pubs and clubs wanting to show sporting events exploit. Next time you're in a pub that shows Sky matches, ask how much they pay, you'll be shocked. The UK has its own copyright laws, and letting this fall back to US law is just allowing someone to be persecuted with higher costs and the risk of a more serious sentence. Theresa May is, given the last 3-4 months screwups, the most incompetent Home Secretary the UK has ever had. You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat? Brian McNeil -- Wikinews, Accredited Reporter. Personal: brian.mcn...@o2.co.uk "Facts don't cease to be facts, but news ceases to be news." _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
