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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by Bayart on Friday May 06, 2022 @04:26AM (#31282768)
> If some Frenchman digs up some artifacts in France, and then sells/trades/gives them to a British museum, that's not looting

According to French law, it is both looting and traficking ;) We have a different approach to it than the British.

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Re:$35 sculpture found at an Austin Goodwill was looted from... by vkou on Friday May 06, 2022 @01:08PM (#31287524)
Sure, that may be the case - but my point is that if French law allowed what I described, it wouldn't be looting, because France is a peer of the UK, as opposed to a vassal.
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