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Originally Posted by markbot
If you go to the UK and download a bunch of out of copyright books (in the UK) from the Internet but then travel back to the US where those books are still in copyright, are you breaking US copyright law?
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No, that's entirely legal.
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Same with books...if you go to England and photocopy "1984" and bring back the pages to the US, is that breaking US copyright law?
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If you're referring to Mr. Orwell's book, you should note that:
1. It's called "Nineteen Eighty-four", not "1984".
2. It's very much still under UK copyright protection. It will enter the UK public domain on 1st Jan, 2021.
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if not, I'd like to travel to Canada and download a couple gigs of books.
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Go for it. Entirely legal to do so.