Is Project Gutenberg Australia vulnerable to being shut down?
Roy wrote: > Jon Noring wrote: >> I’m also under the understanding that Canadian and Australian >> copyright terms are different than that of U.S. copyright law, and >> that many recordings still under copyright in the U.S. have lapsed in >> Canada and Australia. Could a server be placed either in Canada or >> Australia to archive and distribute this class of works? What legal >> restrictions would those online archives be under regarding access >> from the U.S.? > Frankly, to be beyond the reach of US courts, you need to not be a > resident of the US, have no attachable assets in the US and have your > server hosted by a company with no contacts in the US. That might not > stop US companies from trying to influence your operations. The RIAA > sued the Australian company which runs the Kazaa network. > > Attempting to filter out US addresses is unkilely to satisfy US > litigants. A New York resident who ran servers in Canada streaming US > television content to Canadian residents was s
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