An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct that is legal in EU

Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by rainingmonkey on Saturday February 17, 2018 @12:16PM (#16401585)

Albania, Andorra, Armenia. Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, The Isle of Man, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russian Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vatican City State (Holy See). From 2019, the UK will be part of this list.

Furthermore, "Europe" as an organisation could mean the European Union, The Council of Europe or even minor entities like the European Broadcasting Union depending on the context.

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by Ngunyan on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:18PM (#16403073)

Turkey is an Asian country. Just because they own a slice of land in Southeastern Europe does not make them European. Otherwise, Spain would be African, France would be Latin American, and Egypt would be Asian.

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by jcranmer on Saturday February 17, 2018 @09:04PM (#16404012)

Istanbul is (by far) the largest city of Turkey and is mostly on the European continent. If you include the coasts of the Aegean (that were historically Greek-speaking), then you get several more major population centers. And historically, the Ottoman Empire was very much a major European power, controlling as it did most of the Balkans.

If Cyprus can claim to be a European country, then so can Turkey.

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