I guess.. James is in the USQuote:
Originally posted by eiSecure
Luckily, John lives in Europe, and not America.:D
We can copy vBulletin all we want.;)
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I guess.. James is in the USQuote:
Originally posted by eiSecure
Luckily, John lives in Europe, and not America.:D
We can copy vBulletin all we want.;)
Nope, because it's copyrighted, which is recognised by both America and England.Quote:
Originally posted by eiSecure
Luckily, John lives in Europe, and not America.:D
We can copy vBulletin all we want.;)
I don't care if vBulletin was designed in the UK. If I patent web-based BBSs, no one in America can supply a web-based BBS without paying royalties. VBWorld would have to stop serving the American audience or run the risk of infringing on my patent.
Indoor plumbing, that was a good one. I think I'll patent the idea of disposable, rolled, cotton-paper wipes. ;)
That's nobody in America.
Plus, the Yahoo! court cases proved that you cannot prosecute someone across country boundaries for something like this.
I think were getting confused between patents and copyrights here
I own the copyright to anything I produce, no matter where
I would however have to register a patent in every individual country.
You can't patent phrases. You can trademark them, but not patent them. Patents are for tangible inventions, not a generic idea like "web based bbs's".
That's my point. The American Patent office has awarded several patents for ideas. The most recent one that I know of: eCards.
Yes, I highly disagree with this mindset.
As to jurisdiction. What you copyright is copyrighted in any contry that has signed the Geneva World Copyright blah blah blah conventions. I forget the name, but they exist. In countries that didn't sign on, your copyright means nothing.
As to patents, if I patent it in a given country (America in this case) I have that idea. You can create it overseas, but you can't compete in my market(s) without paying royalties. In other words, if I patent a special way of making led free crystal in America, no one can sell that type of led free crytsal in America without paying me royalties. Ooo... interesting question, can they make it for free?
What was the Yahoo case?
okay, almost anywhere.Quote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
What you copyright is copyrighted in any contry that has signed the Geneva World Copyright blah blah blah conventions. I forget the name, but they exist. In countries that didn't sign on, your copyright means nothing.
it means the thread was deleted
Yahoo! Auctions had several Nazi-related items for sale, and France came into it somewhere having a problem.Quote:
Originally posted by CiberTHuG
What was the Yahoo case?
Basically, their government tried to inflict their jurisdiction on an American company simply because it was accessible in France, and tried to force Yahoo! to block French users from accessing the site.
Is it....Quote:
Originally posted by mlewis
it means the thread was deleted
"What does it mean when I can't reply to an email notification of a thread Reply?"
:D
Ah, yes, I remember now.
Well, that speaks to a bigger problem. For example, it is illegal to gamble in North Carolina, but yet I can access an online casino that is based in Las Vegas County, Nevada and gamble. The 'net knows no geography.
As to how to fix this, I have no idea. And given that precedent, if you supplied a service to a country where I held that patent, if you are outside the country, I probably can't do anything about it.
Yet another reason why the whole idea of giving patents on ideas is ludicrious.