Post originally by Zoran Bekric at 2003-07-28 21:19:04
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Dan wrote:
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<i>No, not in Britain, but the copyrights in the U.S. follow the U.S. law based upon first U.S. publication. Thus many of the stories </i>
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So you are advocating piracy using a legal technicality? Interesting since even the U.S. government doesn't go along with that argument any more.

Under the TRIPS (Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights) Agreement, the U.S. restored copyright protection from 1st January 1996 on to works of foreign origin which had lapsed into the public domain in the U.S., thus bringing the U.S. into line with much of the rest of the world.

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<i>You have difficulty understanding that this thread was posted on a U.S. website, discussing a U.S. movie and U.S. comic book series, discussing U.S. copyright laws. You are the one giving irrelevant facts about laws of a country that aren't related to what we are talking about, and assumed that those laws applied in the U.S. as well. When it was pointed out that you were wrong, you got on this anti-American kick.</i>
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Some facts:
* Not everyone contributing to this website is in or from the U.S.
* The writer and artist of the comic book series were not from the U.S.
* The vast majority of the material the comic book series draws upon is of non-U.S. origin.
* The movie was not filmed in the U.S.
* The movie is not being distributed exclusively to the U.S.
* Much of the cast and crew of the movie are not from the U.S., including many of the stars and the director.
* U.S. copyright law is not the only one that exists in the world.
* Pointing any and all of this out is not anti-American.

You made the mistake of assuming that American copyright law applies worldwide. It doesn't. Just admit that and move on.

Regards,

Zoran