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<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>I'm wondering who you can find so many comics on the
internet exchanged freely!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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embed'><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> From: dcml-bounces@stp.ling.uu.se
[mailto:dcml-bounces@stp.ling.uu.se] On<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Behalf Of le Richard<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 8:19 PM<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> To: dcml@stp.ling.uu.se<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Subject: Re: AW: Some legal concepts<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Le mardi 4 Janvier 2005 18:29, Cord Wiljes a
écrit</span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span> :</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>Stefan wrote<span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> > </span>Scanning might be
legal after 75 years, though<span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span
dir=RTL></span>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>I am planning to still be
around when Don Rosa's works enter the public<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>domain. As the early
Gottfredson's already have and the Barks' are going<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>when I retire<span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span> :-)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> That won't work because Disney and other
companies will make pressure to<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> expand the 75-years limit (like I think they did,
several times[?]). And<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> even<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> if you normally have the right, Disney will sue
you if you publish<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> anything<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> with Disney comics for trademark violation (or
something else even if not<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> legitimate) [like they once did with an
unfortunate publisher?], and you<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> won't be able to afford lawyers expenses to fight
them in court</span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span
dir=RTL></span>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>Another legal question:
Which country's copyright law applys for works<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>created abroad? Let us say
a Disney comic is created in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Italy</st1:country-region></st1:place>
by an<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> Italian<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>creator for the Italian
Disney publisher. Does Italian copyright law<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> apply<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>> </span>or <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> copyrigt
law<span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> My guess is Italian copyright law only. Any <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> law is
irrelevant in a<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> European court (or other courts in non-US
countries). It matters only in<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> very<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> special cases, like when a EU country would not
extradite someone to the<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> US<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> because of the death penalty</span></font><span
dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>--</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> I'm not reading mails sent to lerichard at
free.fr anymore. To contact me<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> use<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> f-wi at induREMOVE.also.THIScks (remove the hyphen
and add ".org</span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span
dir=RTL></span>").</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> </span></font><span dir=RTL></span><span
lang=AR-SA dir=RTL><span dir=RTL></span>_______________________________________________</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText dir=LTR><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>> http://stp.ling.uu.se/mailman/listinfo/dcml<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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