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Originally Posted by HarryT
I don't mean to be impolite, but I think that a certain amount of paranoia is being exhibited here. This law is clearly NOT intended to be used to block access to sites some of whose contents merely happen not to be in the UK public domain. You know that; I know that; everybody knows that. So why try to pretend that it is? It's there for use to block access to so-called "pirate" sites. If we're going to discuss this, let's do so in a sensible manner.
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Harry T, I hesitate to comment on a law that is not in my country, but how do you distinguish what is a pirate site and what isn't? It seems to me that it isn't a cut and dried yes or no. There is an endless shades of grey involved, depending on the law, it's enforcement, and it's international reach....
Canada is currently being cited as one of the prime "Pirate" nations, partially due to the Life + 50 instead of Life +70 of many other countries, yet the Berne Convention only requires Life + 50, any longer is strictly voluntary...