Interesting warning regarding filesharing

[Marcus Brubaker]

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 22:47, Chris F.A. Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Tom Legrady wrote:
> 
> > But DMCA is not a Canadian law, it is a foreign statute.
> >
> > In France you are not allowed to sell Nazi paraphenalia. Canada ignores
> > French law.
> >
> > In the US,  you are bound by the DMCA. In Canada, neither DMCA nor
> > UnAmerican activities are against the law.
> 
>      Most countries, including Canada, have agreements to uphold
>      foreign copyrights. I don't know whether it is upheld on the same
>      basis as domestic copyright, or on the law in the foreign
>      country.
> 
>      IOW, it is not inconceivable that Canada could enforce the DMCA.

If nothing else they might be able to extradite you to the US.

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