NEWS: WE CAN HAZ LEGAL THREATS?
seelindarun:
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 December 15, 20:14:24
And in any case, all this illegality may exist in USerica, but the internets are not just USerican anymore. What links a Malaysian site has on it, may turn out not to be in this lolyer's area of expertise.
Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what stance Canada takes on intellectual property?
Mootilda:
I don't know Canada's current stand on links to copywritten material. In general, the U.S. puts a lot of pressure on Canada to follow the U.S. laws.
Tingeling:
Quote from: Mootilda on 2008 December 15, 19:59:27
Didn't the whole issue with Napster set a precedence in the U.S. that links to copywritten material became illegal?
I corrected it for you. :)
seelindarun:
I'm wondering about EA's intentions for the store, too. I don't think they'd want to cannibalise EP sales for TS3, but maybe they want to keep milking money out of TS2 now that they're done with EPs? Maybe it's just a hedge against sluggish adoption of TS3?
I agree the percentage of broken objects is astounding. The Store makes TSR look good.
jolrei:
Quote from: seelindarun on 2008 December 15, 20:39:57
Quote from: jolrei on 2008 December 15, 20:14:24
And in any case, all this illegality may exist in USerica, but the internets are not just USerican anymore. What links a Malaysian site has on it, may turn out not to be in this lolyer's area of expertise.
Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what stance Canada takes on intellectual property?
Not really sure with regard to filesharing etc. what Canada's current legislation permits, or doesn't permit. My understanding is that it is somewhat more lenient than the US. For example there are important questions remaining regarding filesharing of music files. Additionally, at the time that the US was pursuing demonoid, Canadian police indicated that this was not a priority for them. The position appears to be that, while it is technically illegal to download a lot of content (including music and games), it is impossible to track all downloaders and to try to do so would be a waste of time and resources. As of 2007, the RCMP (mounties) indicated that piracy for personal use is no longer targeted by the police.
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