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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
If we are talking term length, then you are correct that the durations are completely different in Australia than in other countries.
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No, Australia now has a "life + 70" copyright law, just like most other countries do. It used to be "life + 50", and when it changed, those books that were in the public domain remained so.
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However, otherwise I don't believe your interpretation is correct. If it is, then a company in Australia could, for example, set up a business that only accepts US customers and ignores US copyrights with no consequences. The point of sale is not Australia, it's the buyer's location (US); thus, Australian copyright laws aren't being violated, and US entities would have no legal recourse.
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The site could then be legitimately charged with encouraging and contributing to copyright infringement. It would, however, be the downloaders who were breaking copyright law, not the site. You will note that all "respectable" eBook sites (including MR) have prominent warnings to downloaders to check that the file being downloaded is in the public domain in the downloader's country. This more than satisfies the requirements of the law.