[Foundation-l] Question about office move

[Dan Rosenthal]

The 9th Circuit is an appellate court, so cases do not originate  
there. Even so, simply being in the 9th circuit does not necessarily  
subject WMF to that interpretation.

-Dan

On Oct 19, 2007, at 8:59 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Birgitte SB wrote:
>> I suppose I should give context :)
>>
>> Despite the 9th Circuit's reputation for liberality,
>> moving there would mean a more slightly conservative
>> interpretation of copyright.  Foreign language works
>> first published outside the US between 1909 and 1923
>> are considered public domain in all of US *except* in
>> the 9th circuit which stupidly treats them as
>> unpublished works not subject to the URAA [1]
>>
>> I probably have the details somewhat mistaken but it
>> definitely makes some small difference if we are 9th
>> Circuit or not.
> Anyone who wants to sue Wikipedia will do so in the circuit that he
> finds more convenient.  If they have to travel across the country to
> start a suit, that is a clear deterrent.
>
> Ec
>
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