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Old 04-30-2008, 02:19 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
One has to be a little careful in saying that, Nate.

A Canadian version of one of her books would indeed be out of copyright, but a US edition would still be in copyright, since it is protected by US copyright law, even in Canada. It would need to be the Canadian edition which one scanned and uploaded. PG are very rigorous about that kind of thing.
You cannot sue someone under US law if you are in Canada. You have to be in the US to do that.

Harry, you are talking to a detail obsessed person who spent a few dozen hours learning this stuff. i know I am correct on this point.
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