Re: sosumi

[Reese <reeza@flex.com>]

At 02:02 AM 2/9/00 -0400, Anonymous Sender wrote:
>
> PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A federal judge on Tuesday imposed a preliminary
injunction effectively preventing the Canadian-based Web site iCraveTV.com
from showing copyright U.S. television
> programs on the World Wide Web, at least for now.
>
> In a victory for the U.S. entertainment and professional sports
establishment, District Judge Donald Ziegler said iCraveTV.com posed harm
to U.S. copyright holders because the Web site
> (http://www.icravetv.com) had no permission to use the material and its
security system had failed to screen out American viewers.

I don't get it.  A US Fed judge can impose an injunction against a
sovereign of another nation?  What does their alleged failure to prevent
reception in the US have to do with copyright infringement?  Isn't the MPAA
pursuing an agenda that presumes copyright doesn't respect national borders?

Whose side is Ziegler on, anyway?

Reese