However, the location of the servers wasn't the topic of the original
discussion :) So jumping back to that: Is there already a clear outcome on
the Commons community regarding the possible deletion of images that are
legal in the country of origin but might not be permitted under US
copyright law?
Lodewijk
2013/3/3 Fae <faewik+commons(a)gmail.com>
On 3 March 2013 06:50, James Alexander
<jamesofur(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Tobias Oelgarte
<
tobias.oelgarte(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't
> recognize the European FOP. That means it would be perfectly legal to
host
> such images on an European server (in a
country that recognizes FOP),
but
not on US
servers, because they are subject to US law.
I'm sorry, I keep seeing this argument and while I can understand the
basic idea every time I see it I feel like little kitten dies. There is
no
doubt that the US FOP laws are a little insane
and that the EU ones are
generally much more lenient, however, it is obviously far far more
complectated then that. There are plenty of EU laws which would are
applicable to site/image hosting which are far more complicated and
harder
(or impossible) for us to follow. Overall the
laws in the US have still
tended to be much much better to host, and that doesn't even get into the
problem of hosting in multiple locations and still trying to serve to a
site hosted (or with staff) in the US.
*No kittens were harmed during this discussion*
We should keep an open mind, and the location of the servers to
support the global movement should be reviewed and seen to be reviewed
on a periodic basis, if nothing else international law, economics and
political stability, changes every year. By default, we would never
change unless there were jolly good reasons to justify the hassle and
expense; though folks are always going to enjoy challenging the status
quo, which is probably a healthy thing and the kittens get their
dinners regardless.
Cheers,
Fae
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