From: rishab@dxm.ernet.in
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 14:26:56 PST
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Known data havens for pirates? Doubtful
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I forget who wrote:
> blame them. Copyrighted data on a server in a jurisdiction that
> doesn't acknowledege the copyrights - a prime use for Data Havens
> when they come of age.

I suppose you _are_ aware that the US has threatened China with punitive
duties on $100 BILLION dollars worth of trade, and that China has started
holding some show trials (without shutting down its state-owned CD-piracy
factories). It's not going to be easy to find a country more willing and
able to ignore international copyright law (Berne Convention etc) than China;
however, despite howls of protest even China is likely to knuckle down 
eventually. What may be likely is distributed piracy markets, such as 
described in Tim's BlackNet spoof.

Read my earlier post on what Lance Rose thinks.

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