[rumori] Re: best country to do copyright violations?


From: Steev Hise (steevATdetritus.net)
Date: Thu Dec 07 2000 - 08:34:16 PST


>On Thu, Dec 07, 2000 at 12:40:28AM -0800, Rusty H. Hodge wrote:
>::Hi-
>::
>::Because I want to do more internet based radio than the DMCA (Digital
>::Millenium Copyright Act) will allow, not to mention the RIAA will
>::allow without huge extortion $$$... I want to find a new country to
>::1) incorporate in and 2) broadcast from. Suggestions?

>Thu, 7 Dec 2000 found Ian McFarland writing:

>Um, Sealand seems like an obvious choice. (Although who knows, the RIAA
>might decide to invade!)

what is Sealand?
do you mean Seeland? (haha, little negativland allusion).

in seriousness - the place i would start is find out which
countries haven't signed the WIPO treaty. Lots of third
world countries with no cultural tradition of intellectual
property are still resisting the idea, some on purpose as a
way to resist imperialism. But then sometimes the IMF and
other foreign money "persuades" them to see the "light"...

This topic always makes me think of Bruce Sterling's book
"Distraction", in which the Chinese put up a satellite with
a free net server on it that has all english-language
software, and the US software industry is destroyed...

smh

Steev Hise, Syssy Admin
steevATdetritus.net http://detritus.net/steev
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