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cellinis · 2005-05-26, 01:19 PM

Hey Linkster
You can be sure they will not be affected. Before they go down for 2257, they should be indicted on copyright infringement. Storing (read Stealing) my content, publishing it on their own servers, without my explicit permission, and then selling it (as internet archives)... I can rant on but this is besides the point.
My lawyer says new 2257 can not be applicable to content produced/published before the changes in the laws were made. But again, it is just one legal opinion and there will be many other that will follow.
Retroactive application of law is both illogical and illegal in most parts of the world... take an analogy that comes to my mind. Age of marriage today, 18 years. Age of marriage a 100 years ago, 14 (or 16, I can't remember). Somebody go tell my grandpa he is a bastard lol You better be wearing a Kevlar jacket!
But the issue will only be clarified after a couple of court decisions... so we can only try and comply and then hope for the best. I know I can't fully comply with the new rules but well...

2005-05-26, 01:19 PM	#219
cellinis They have the Internet on computers, now? Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Paris Posts: 146	Hey Linkster You can be sure they will not be affected. Before they go down for 2257, they should be indicted on copyright infringement. Storing (read Stealing) my content, publishing it on their own servers, without my explicit permission, and then selling it (as internet archives)... I can rant on but this is besides the point. My lawyer says new 2257 can not be applicable to content produced/published before the changes in the laws were made. But again, it is just one legal opinion and there will be many other that will follow. Retroactive application of law is both illogical and illegal in most parts of the world... take an analogy that comes to my mind. Age of marriage today, 18 years. Age of marriage a 100 years ago, 14 (or 16, I can't remember). Somebody go tell my grandpa he is a bastard lol You better be wearing a Kevlar jacket! But the issue will only be clarified after a couple of court decisions... so we can only try and comply and then hope for the best. I know I can't fully comply with the new rules but well... __________________ Submit your freesites & galleries here and here.