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["Yoav" <yoav AT creativecommons.org>]

 

Dear Rob,

 

Private international law allows people to enforce their rights between jurisdictions. So the UK licence should cover any use of the work, wherever it takes place.

This is one of the first issues which will require adaptation in the proposed licence.

 

Yo'av Mazeh

Project Lead

iCommons-UK

Research Fellow

Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy

Centre for Socio-Legal Studies

University of Oxford

 

 

 

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From: cc-uk-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:cc-uk-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of David Hirst
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 6:53 PM
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Subject: [Cc-uk] UK (or EU) Licence?

 

I am not a lawyer (as is  probably already clear), but what is the situation of I release a work under the England and Wales licence, but wish to obtain remedy in (say) the US?

Should I release under multiple licences (for each country where I might wish to seek remedy) or will I have to seek remedy in the English courts against an infringer in another country?

Might it be possible to have a generic EU licence, albeit in multiple languages?

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