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BubbaT (160)   Jan 31, 2007 - 05:47 pm

That's a good article, except for the part where he talks about how he can bring a book from the US to the UK and re-sell it there, bypassing the local authorized book distributor. That's why Lik-Sang is bankrupt. They did the exact same thing with PSPs, and Sony killed them for it. » Login to reply to this  CAG-Spitfire (489)   Jan 31, 2007 - 06:56 pm Lik Sang imported actual, physical machinery onto foreign soil and the British smacked them down for it. It's a different concept from what the author describes as being able to view data (media, printed words, etc) based solely on which country you happen to be in at any given time regardless of the medium used to transport that data whether it be a book or a DVD or other form of passive (i.e. non-mechanical) storage. I think the analogy applies just fine to his arguments. » Login to reply to this  CAG-Spitfire (489)   Feb 01, 2007 - 10:15 am BubbaT: Lawyered! CAG-Spitfire: Withdrawn... » Login to reply to this  BubbaT (160)   Feb 01, 2007 - 10:08 am Bringing a good (book/PSP/whatever) manufactured outside the EU and re-selling it in the EU without consent of the good's manufacturer violates the copyright of the manufacturer, according to EU law (Levi Strauss v. Tesco, 2002). EU law holds that the right of the manufacturer to control the trademark on the good also includes the power to ban the sale of imported trademarked goods. In Tesco's case it was Levi jeans, in Lik-Sang's it was PSPs. It could just as easily be Bantam or Doubleday in the place of Sony or Levi. First Sale in the EU applies only to goods manufactured inside the EU. The Lik-Sang case affirmed the Tesco precedent. » Login to reply to this

CAG-Spitfire (489)   Jan 31, 2007 - 01:43 pm

Thanks for the link. Alot of smart folks over there at the EFF who have some actual expertise on the subject of DRM. » Login to reply to this

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