Bruno Wolff III wrote:
On Fri, Feb 23, 2007 at 09:29:47 +1000,
Res <res ausics net> wrote:
On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Alan wrote:
Yes, but again the US cant enforce its laws against other countries.
it is not the world govt/world police, and about time they woke up smelt
the damned coffee and realised that.
Unfortunately for the rest of the world, it can because it has the
largest
Fortunately or unfortunately, as one's viewpoint is.
The Federal Govt of the USA has jurisdiction over the entire
face of the Earth except within the States, because the US Constitution
says so. That's how the US Govt arrested Manuel Noriega.
[snip]
Most likely US corporate interests have influenced your country's laws.
For example if you are in the EU, members are supposed to be enacting
DMCA
like laws. Software patents could still end up being forced upon EU
members
as well.
We really need to repeal (at least portions of) the DMCA. It won't be
long, I trow. The RIAA fought tooth and nail to prevent radio stations
from playing music. When the RIAA and corresponding TV (forget the
acronym) and movie associations figure out how to make money from
easily available stuff, then we'll see the end of encryption, region
codes, etc. on their own.