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Antigua to legalize US movie and music piracy?
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article published on 22 March, 2008
In an effort to get back at the US for its interference with the small country's internet gambling operations, Antigua is threatening to make US movie and music piracy legal, unless its grievances are "properly addressed and losses compensated for."
In 2003, Antigua initially claimed that the US "unlawfully prevented its online gambling operators from accessing American markets although ... [ read the full article ]
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22. March 2008 @ 18:23 |
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My interest have been highly peaked. Does this mean that if we were to acquire pirated materials or download them from an ip originating from this country we would technically be in the clear because it is legal there?
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22. March 2008 @ 18:43 |
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Wow, threatening with copyright infringement... Almost comical. I wonder how the MPAA, RIAA, etc. will try to get the government to do.
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22. March 2008 @ 18:58 |
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You Go Girl !!!!!
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22. March 2008 @ 19:03 |
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Good news for SlySoft, seeing as there based in Antigua. They won't be having the same trouble DVDXCopy had here in the states.
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22. March 2008 @ 19:05 |
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wow...didnt read the whole thing yet but lol. That must suck for the us though. Weird that US mov/music piracy is legal.
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22. March 2008 @ 19:37 |
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So would this mean If I hosted pirates files on a server based in Antigua it would be legal :-D
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22. March 2008 @ 20:07 |
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Originally posted by IM1:
So would this mean If I hosted pirates files on a server based in Antigua it would be legal :-D
yes if you only traffic inside that country if u upload something from there example to US it would become illegal to that who receives it but basicly u can't get anything from it course US laws doesn't matter in that country only receiver gets consequences, in the simple it would mean that u r sailing on the clear waters my friend
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22. March 2008 @ 20:47 |
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Originally posted by IM1:
So would this mean If I hosted pirates files on a server based in Antigua it would be legal :-D
yes if you only traffic inside that country if u upload something from there example to US it would become illegal to that who receives it but basicly u can't get anything from it course US laws doesn't matter in that country only receiver gets consequences, in the simple it would mean that u r sailing on the clear waters my friend
Nice! Hopefully then antigua will legalize it then :-)
Anyone know any good dedicated servers down there? lol
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22. March 2008 @ 23:14 |
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idiots...they're going over the edge....
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22. March 2008 @ 23:17 |
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Don't get too excited folks, if this happens before next Jan 20th Bush/Cheney will probably invade. And if either Clinton or Obama win in November Bush/Cheney will probably refuse to leave office.
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23. March 2008 @ 01:39 |
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ha ha, i dont think theres anything the usa can do about Antigua, unless were going to treat it like bush did iraq... this has global incident written all over it
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23. March 2008 @ 04:10 |
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Originally posted by 21Q:
My interest have been highly peaked. Does this mean that if we were to acquire pirated materials or download them from an ip originating from this country we would technically be in the clear because it is legal there?
Yes it piqued my interest as well. (Sorry - just a pet peeve of mine. :D)
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23. March 2008 @ 06:14 |
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there are more ways to crush a tiny fly than swatting it with anti copyright demands - the fools on Antigua should think about what they are doing. This is bad news for slysoft - it focuses attention on the tiny little island and there is no way it can survive without the US economically or without the large american tourist market. this isn´t another Cuba - there will be no large powerful Soviet Union to sustain them in their defiance.
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23. March 2008 @ 08:23 |
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Yes it piqued my interest as well. (Sorry - just a pet peeve of mine. :D)
Ah...The pedantic French lovers are here! Better get the OEDs out!:)
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23. March 2008 @ 09:40 |
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WOW I'd really like to be able to read this article but the dang Antigua flag is covering up most of the first part of the article no matter how I zoom in or out....
bad graphics guys.
:-(
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23. March 2008 @ 09:50 |
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Originally posted by domie:
there are more ways to crush a tiny fly than swatting it with anti copyright demands - the fools on Antigua should think about what they are doing. This is bad news for slysoft - it focuses attention on the tiny little island and there is no way it can survive without the US economically or without the large american tourist market. this isn´t another Cuba - there will be no large powerful Soviet Union to sustain them in their defiance.
ah that would be the Cuba that's had no aid from soviets since early 90's? hrmmm isn't there an oil rich south American country now supporting Cuba? USA has more enemies than it realises.
good on you Antigua !
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23. March 2008 @ 10:40 |
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there are more ways to crush a tiny fly than swatting it with anti copyright demands - the fools on Antigua should think about what they are doing. This is bad news for slysoft - it focuses attention on the tiny little island and there is no way it can survive without the US economically or without the large american tourist market. this isn´t another Cuba - there will be no large powerful Soviet Union to sustain them in their defiance.
hey domie, are you just saying or do yu really have some real information about antigua's economy?, if so, could you elaborate a little bit more and tell us around how much of antigua's income come from the us??
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On the regional front, Antigua and Barbuda is a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS). CARICOM members are in the process of establishing a Common Single Market and Economy (CSME) that will include not only a fully functioning common market, but also the harmonisation of macroeconomic policies and eventual monetary integration. The new regional trade arrangements are expected to be finally in place by 2005 alongside those of the FTAA and WTO. The ACS, established as a mechanism for consultation, co-operation and concerted action, brings together all the countries of the Caribbean Basin (the sovereign states of Central America, CARICOM, Cuba, Colombia, Mexico and Venezuela). The country also belongs to the group of 15 ACP states that make up the Caribbean forum (Cariforum).
it looks like they have the right friends to survive, at least having chavez and castro with them, you know, if the US trys to mess with antigua, you can bet they're going to take advantage of the situation
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23. March 2008 @ 13:38 |
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Anarchy FTW!
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23. March 2008 @ 16:22 |
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Originally posted by duckNrun:
WOW I'd really like to be able to read this article but the dang Antigua flag is covering up most of the first part of the article no matter how I zoom in or out....
bad graphics guys.
:-(
ill edit the graphic now, but out of curiosity, what is your resolution?
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23. March 2008 @ 16:25 |
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Originally posted by duckNrun:
WOW I'd really like to be able to read this article but the dang Antigua flag is covering up most of the first part of the article no matter how I zoom in or out....
bad graphics guys.
:-(
the flag is supposed to cover half of the first part of the article u know? damn with these stupid guys, get brains
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24. March 2008 @ 15:20 |
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Haha, I hope it works. Maybe we can finally get legal HD movie downloads here in the US. It might force hollywood's hand.
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24. March 2008 @ 15:49 |
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Haha, I hope it works. Maybe we can finally get legal HD movie downloads here in the US. It might force hollywood's hand.
No... It might be easier to get illegal downloads. But, It would still be a copyright violation for an American to download the stuff.
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29. March 2008 @ 15:41 |
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Slysoft will definetly benefit since they are headquartered in St.Johns
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29. March 2008 @ 23:36 |
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1024x768 rez.
And sorry if I came off brash I really didn't mean it that way. And if dude was right and the flag IS suppose to cover part of the article then I guess the concept WAS, and still is, lost on me- although after posting I realized what was up. After posting my comment I copied/pasted the article to try to read under the flag. Upon doing so I realized that the only thing under the flag was the remaining letters from the first word on the line. While this was presumed to be the case for some of the lines I didn't realize it was the case for all the lines. My initial thought was that there were more words on each line than one and I was missing out on the opening paragraph of the article.
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duckNrun
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29. March 2008 @ 23:48 |
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Haha, I hope it works. Maybe we can finally get legal HD movie downloads here in the US. It might force hollywood's hand.
No... It might be easier to get illegal downloads. But, It would still be a copyright violation for an American to download the stuff.
Yes and no and then yes and no again.
For instance using a site like Allof where you are purchasing a copyrighted product that was legally sold in said country and 'importing' it to the US does not violate copyright law as it is written now. Current copyright law still gives a nod to other countries soveirgn rights to make their own laws regarding copyright and does not penalize a person for legally purchasing a copyrighted product for personal and private use in another country even if that item would violate US copyright law.
Of course nothing is really settled as to legality until someone sues and the loser appeals and appeals and appeals.
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