[Avodah] Copyright redux

[Michael Kopinsky]

On 2/13/07, JRich at segalco.com <JRich at segalco.com> wrote:
> First of all, many poyskim hold that there is no Dina deMalchusa in EY.
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> so they would say that it is a hefker place where kol hayshar beinav yaaseh
> (eg traffic laws, no generally accepted rules of commerce etc.)?Ktjoel rich

Like it or not, this goes way back.  The Ran in Nedarim (sorry, don't know
where) says that it doesn't apply in EY.  In other countries, they have a
"migo" that since they could just kick you out of the country, they can
take your money.  But in EY, since they don't have the right to kick you
out, they don't have the right to take your money.  (Taking money=taxes
being at least the primary application of DDD.)

>From a societal perspective it's difficult to say b'zman hazeh, but
halachically, I don't know.