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[Herbert Fruchtl <herbert.fruchtl]*[st-andrews.ac.uk>]

 Sent to CCL by: Herbert Fruchtl [herbert.fruchtl..st-andrews.ac.uk]
 Well, I also don't want a flame war, but you started it :-).
I don't know the laws of the Kingdom of Tonga (I assume it has signed
 most of
 the usual international agreements), but CCL is hosted in the USA, and
 may be
 open to litigation.
The sad fact is that you don't have to be in actual breach of the law.
 Having a
 bunch of corporate lawyers going after you may put somebody like Jan
 out of
 business long before anything reaches court. I quite like CCL and would
 like to
 keep it!
   Herbert
 On 23/04/12 08:54, steinbrt^rci.rutgers.edu wrote:
>  Sent to CCL by: steinbrt(!)rci.rutgers.edu
>  Hi all,
>  I hope not to start another flame war on copyright vs. fair use/free
>  speech, but the immediate threat of legal action for posting a link is a
>  bit much in my opinion. While pointing out this site is certainly not
>  ethical (and most likely against CCLs usage terms) I can not believe that
>  it is illegal.
>  Now OTOH downloading from such a site is certainly illegal, at least in my
>  country, but as for hosting it, we have to accept that U.S. copyright laws
>  do not necessarily apply in the Kingdom of Tonga.
>  Kind Regards,
>  Dr. Thomas Steinbrecher
>  formerly at the
>  BioMaps Institute
>  Rutgers University
>  610 Taylor Rd.
>  Piscataway, NJ 08854>
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