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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Something that's been puzzling me about the servers being moved to the US is that it would seem that MR is now under US law, is that right?
If that is the case then it makes it very easy for US security agencies to 'officially' 'break into' MR data. That is, account holders email address, PM's - anything that isn't posted on the public side of the Forum .....  |
I am not a lawyer, and especially with International laws, things are quite murky. Now, I'm not particularly concerned about a law agency breaking into MR, for there wouldn't be any reason for them to do so. Technically, MR is operated from Switzerland, but again, this would probably not be of interest to any US-based agency. We hosted our servers in Canada for many years, but it didn't stop US-based copyright holders sending out (usually fake) DMCA notices. In addition, our Canadian hoster was recently acquired by Internap, an Atlanta-based company no less.
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Oh, and all without asking of course. In fact we the individuals wouldn't be informed that our private data had been observed/taken, and neither would the 'owner' of the site be informed of their impending action/s. All in the name of 'security' of course.
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I suppose that's true, hypothetically speaking. Though I don't see how anyone would have an interest in doing so against a community sharing its love for eBooks and eBook gadgets.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
Alex,
I am concerned about the move into a US server. That makes the library subject to US copyright laws, unless I'm gravely mistaken, and US copyright laws do not follow life + 70 rules, but its own bizarre set of copyright rules. Check with Greg Weeks at Project Gutenberg US....
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Ralph, I am not an copyright expert (Harry knows a lot more about it than I do!), but the general US rule is that exclusive rights expire 70 years after the author's death. When there are exceptions we will of course honor them.