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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by gumby on Saturday February 17, 2018 @04:24PM (#16402790)
The "legal in the EU" part distracts from the true injustice of this kind of activity being criminalized.

Countries have different laws. You can be convicted in most EU states of saying things which are protected speech in the US. Or for getting an abortion.

But this law is an example of the primacy of corporate activity over human rights.

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by Tech-Noir on Saturday February 17, 2018 @05:38PM (#16403169)
> The "legal in the EU" part distracts from the true injustice of this kind of activity being criminalized.

It also creates unnecessary confusion since it implies an American was jailed in Europe for something that's legal in Europe. For the reason you give - countries have different laws - there's no reason to mention Europe otherwise.

> You can be convicted in most EU states [...] for getting an abortion.

I'd love to know where you got this from.

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by gumby on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:25PM (#16403406)
Sorry, that sentence was structured poorly and it's too late to edit my comment. Let me split it in two:

1> In most EU states, some speech which is protected in the USA is illegal (e.g. pro-nazi statements which are understandably forbidden in certain countries).

2> Another example of something legal in the USA is abortion, while some countries in Europe are more restrictive (Malta 100%, Andorra, Italy, Ireland and Poland almost so, usw).

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by Tech-Noir on Saturday February 17, 2018 @07:10PM (#16403606)
Ah okay. I thought at first you may have meant something illegal in the USA, but not Europe, but that didn't really make sense. Although, the first Google result for "convicted for having an abortion" is this sad case:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/appeal-indiana-woman-convicted-ha...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purvi_Patel

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by jernfrost on Saturday February 17, 2018 @09:33PM (#16404100)
Copyright depends more on common legal framework across many nations due to trade. Hence it makes sense to speak of the EU in this case. Abortion and free speech is far more country specific. It has little to do with EU which is about trade primarily.
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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by monksy on Saturday February 17, 2018 @06:19PM (#16403379)
Ireland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion_in_the_Republic_of_Ir...
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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by Cw67NTN8F on Saturday February 17, 2018 @10:26PM (#16404277)
Great point. Americans will also be arrested for beating their wives, a conduct that might be 100% legal in another country (or at least ignored.)

Or try driving with a legally owned gun through a few USA states and see...

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Re:An American served a year in prison for copyright conduct... by dsfyu404ed on Sunday February 18, 2018 @12:14AM (#16404576)
>Or try driving with a legally owned gun through a few USA states and see...

Stay away from the coasts and it would go pretty well.

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