Re: Harmony Gold vs. BattleTech, Round N
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Originally Posted by Blue Ghost
I'm not a big Macross fan, but liked the feature film released way back in 82 or 84.
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You're the first person I've heard express the opinion that the movie was likable. (Not saying you're wrong - taste is a personal thing - just saying you may be in the minority here.)
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Originally Posted by Blue Ghost
Isn't Japan a signatory to international copyright law? How come the Japanese ruling doesn't have any weight in American courts?
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For the same reasons that US court rulings don't have any weight in Japanese or Canadian courts - jurisdiction and sovereignty. Rulings made in one country apply only in that country, not necessarily in any other country.
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Rob Kelk
“Every man has a right to his own opinion, but no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.”
– Bernard Baruch, Deming (New Mexico) Headlight, 6 January 1950
No longer reading these forums regularly.
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