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Re:Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domai... by Volpe on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @09:28PM (#3482953)
Perhaps, because the world doesn't begin and end with the US east and west coast.

If you ignore the fact this is still under copyright overseas, you are setting the precedent that they can do the same in return. No?

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Re:Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domai... by joering1 on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @10:13PM (#3483048)
the problem is that many times the world follows US laws and regulations and applies those locally (also: student being deported to US based on broken UK law that UK itself wasnt interested in prosecuting)
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