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[Francesco Potorti`]

I cinesi bloccano i siti USA, gli USA bloccano i siti europei :-)

EU COPYRIGHT LAWS SPAWN 'FREE-SWAPPING ZONE' FOR OLDIES
European and Canadian copyright protections for audio recordings last just 
50 years, compared with 95 years in the U.S., a disparity that has spawned 
a boomlet in legitimate sales of golden oldies from 1950s artists, ranging 
from Miles Davis to Elvis Presley. The expiration of music copyrights 
overseas just adds one more piece to an antipiracy puzzle that is growing 
increasingly complex. "There are some implications for enforcement, 
creating an additional wrinkle," says Neil Turkewitz, executive VP for 
international affairs at the Recording Industry Association of America. 
"But it doesn't affect the legality of a U.S. user accessing a foreign hard 
drive and downloading a file." Record industry officials say they are 
keeping an eye out for the emergence of Web sites that offer archives of 
material that is in the public domain in a foreign country but still 
illegal to trade freely in the U.S. If a Web-based service comes online, it 
may be possible to block access to the site from the U.S. by going through 
ISPs, says Turkewitz. Trying to shut down peer-to-peer services would be 
more difficult, however, he acknowledges. That's part of the reason that 
the RIAA has been pressuring European policy-makers to extend their 
copyright protections to match those of the U.S., but so far those efforts 
have met with little success. (CNet News.com 7 Jan 2003)
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-979532.html?tag=lh