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Originally Posted by kennyc
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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
However MobileRead is located on servers in Canada, so what matters, surely, from a legal perspective, is whether or not the material is in the public domain according to Canadian law?
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That doesn't seem to matter when we are talking pirate sites. |
Perhaps it should?
I don't know... this is getting into areas I don't really know much about, but the impression I'd gained was that, with regard to pirate sites which are not actually hosting material that would be illegal in their location, the legal case largely revolved around intent, and the notion of "inducement to infringe copyright", whereas sites like Project Gutenberg and MR clearly say "this material is legal to host and download where we are - please only download it if it's legal to do so where you are".
- Donna