[Avodah] Copyright redux

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Feb 14, 2007 at 08:39:57PM +0200, Michael Kopinsky wrote:
: 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...

First, are we talking "could" as in able, or as in having the legal
authority?

Second, Israel has extradition laws. They reserve the legal authority to
evict even Jews, given sufficient motive.

Third, I don't want to go to far into this political can of worms,
but the Israeli gov't already exercised the power to evict communities
from their homes without full reimbersment. Admittedly not from the
land as a whole.

Last, does DDD apply to international law? The UN doesn't have the
authority to kick anyone out, but a country could choose to punish its
citizen for disobeying international law. Copyright law isn't only
on the national level.

Tir'u baTov!
-mi

-- 
Micha Berger             Spirituality is like a bird: if you tighten
micha at aishdas.org        your grip on it, it chokes; slacken your grip,
http://www.aishdas.org   and it flies away.
Fax: (270) 514-1507                            - Rav Yisrael Salanter