On 11 March 2014 11:37, Adam Saunders <adam.saunders@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm not sure, but I believe Richard is referring to the extent to which either:
(a) Patents that read on (or may be interpreted as reading on) RPMFusion packages have been granted in at least some European countries, and opens up the providers of the RPMFusion packages to potential patent infringement claims in those European countries to which the RPMFusion is territorially connected (e.g. servers or repository mirrors in Italy); OR
(b) The breathtaking extent to which American courts are willing to exert extraterritorial jurisdiction over the provision of services over the Internet. As I understand it,
s/American/every national court system/
In Europe German, French, UK, Dutch, Spanish and Italian courts have all ruled various things that are 'breathtaking' over extratrerritorial matters but have been enforced. In other regions it is the same matter. To many countries, it does not matter that the bits are physically originating in another country, once they get inside the country they become subject to the laws of that nation.
Stephen J Smoogen.
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