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> Luckily American copyright law does not apply to this entire planet.

If you plan to never travel to the US.




It is safe to say that a major portion of the world population doesn't have any plan to ever travel to the US.

What cannot be controlled however, is the reach of the USA over other countries, extraditions treaties, corruption, exfiltrations, sequestrations and murders.


Why would that be an issue?

Does everything thas has been created outside of the US suddenly become US creations under US law whenever its creator sets foot on American soil?


Brussels effect [1], but applied to the States.

Also, a lot of copyright law around the world is very close to American copyright law, so what happens outside of the US is anyone's guess. For example, AFAIK, a lot of Soviet cartoons are in a copyright limbo of Russia because they infringe on Disney's (and others') IP [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_effect

[2] Fo example, Winnie the Pooh: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQmGXzNMw0E


Ah, i get the effect idea/system. Way cheaper for a huge company/conglomerate to uphold all of the laws on the planet so they can operate and earn money everywhere.

Willingham explains his actions a bit more in this post:

https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/more-about-fables-in-t...




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