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>From: "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: NON-PD: Try another / copyrights and privacy rights >Date: Thu, Nov 18, 1999, 11:29 AM > > how the heck does a law > that was put into effect in one specific country apply to a com- > munication medium that has *no* national boundries. > > FWIW, I have copyright notices on all of my Web pages but I > don't expect them to be enforceable at this time as the communi- > cation medium that allows access to them spans too many national > boundries to be able to determine whose laws might apply Believe me, there's plenty of amassed existing law dealing with jurisdiction issues, and it's not necessarily that complicated. Intellectual property infringement cases just apply the existing laws. The jurisdiction become the location where a particular infringement occurred. The media company I work for has legal actions filed in countries all over the world for infringements. We "associate" ourselves with counsel local to those countries who represent us in court or with copyright, patent and/or trademark offices of those governments. Now of course for a big company who has business going in a specific country it's easier to establish that we have business interests there that need protecting. For the case of an individual I'd need to read up more on jurisdictional issues. - Michael