hutcheson - 7:31 pm on Dec 20, 2009 (gmt 0)

>the french are saying quite simply that just because something is legal for corporations to do in the USA that doesnt make it legal elsewhere

But the scanning actions the French were saying were illegal "elsewhere" weren't performed "elsewhere". That was done in the U.S. where it was legal. When did Ming the Merciless die and leave France evil overlord of the Universe?

Not that the U.S. is the only victim. Canadian copyright law is under attack from the E.U. right now: a mass raid on the public domain proposed in a new treaty. (And, for that matter, the E.U. isn't the only perp. Australian copyright law has been attacked from the U.S., also using treaties as the carrot/stick.)