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ElcomSoft Lawyer Says Internet Outside U.S. Law

Posted by michael on from the trying-hard dept.

NetRanger writes: "ElcomSoft, the company that employed Dmitry Sklyarov, has fired its opening shot, asking the court to dismiss the charges. Their argument: since the Russian company is based on the Internet, it is outside the jurisdiction of the DMCA. This is rather interesting if it holds up, because it would set a precedent which would allow other countries to tell the DMCA to just go away. If not, ElcomSoft could be out $2.25 million dollars, and the USA could find itself cold-shouldered by a lot of countries with less draconian copyright laws." Wired has another story.

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  1. Re:Hopefully... by hagardtroll · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they should change their name to 'Elbonia-Soft.'

  2. Re:DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR HOSTING SERVICE IS? by Sloppy · · Score: 3, Funny

    IMHO, this ("Do you know where your hosting service is?") is becoming an increasingly important question... especially since I want to switch ISPs. ;-) Since my "Ask Slashdot" submission on jurisdiction-shopping was rejected, maybe I can get away with trying it here...

    Anyone know what's a good country to use for web & email hosting? Some desirable traits:

    • Not have anything like DMCA or WIPO treaty (sorry, USA)
    • Strong crypto is legal (sorry, France)
    • Not have pro-censorship laws (sorry, Germany, Australia, USA)
    • Not have weird libel laws (sorry, UK)
    • Searches and siezures only done with a warrant (sorry, USA)
    • Not take Scientologists and their kind seriously (sorry, USA)
    • etc
    ...Yet still be fairly well-connected. Is there any such place?
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  3. Re:DMCA Sucks by rworne · · Score: 2, Funny
    As I sit here, all 240 lbs of me, eating my Sausage McMuffin, glancing over Slashdot after netstumbling my way to work with equipment bought from Best Buy and Fry's, I take offense to that remark.

    (Note to mods: Yes, this is true)

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