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Thread #144168   Message #3332424
Posted By: Richard Bridge
02-Apr-12 - 06:51 AM
Thread Name: BS: Extradition
Subject: RE: BS: Extradition
The USA adheres to the effects doctrine, that is to say that the harm of copyright infringment is felt where the infringment is received - in this case the USA.

South New York and one of the Texan jurisdictions have long asserted jurisdiction over IP matters outside the USA.

Yet ironically the US passed legislation specifically to limit the likelihood of UK courts asserting jurisdiction in respect of libels originated in the USA.