Re: Xbox (Was -Online Games Consoles and Security Implications)

["Robert Freeman" <freem100 () chapman edu>]

The DMCA does not apply outside of the USA, except for the other provisions which comprise the World Intellectual 
Property Organization treaties of 1996. Foreign-based persons and companies which violate the DMCA should think twice 
before entering the US. Being an employee of a firm which violates the DMCA is almost as bad. You can still be held 
accountable if your employer (company) does not step in.  Foreign-based persons and companies may be pursued in their 
native countries if there are any legal recourses (even loopholes). I wouldn't be surprised if US Citizens working 
abroad could be extridited for trial in the US! Anyhow, the penalties are not exactly slaps on the wrist. 

RF


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thor Larholm" <Thor () jubii dk>

> This may be somewhat offtopic, but how does the DMCA 'handle' foreign
> countries? There's quite a big world outside of the US of A, and being part
> of that outside world makes me somewhat ignorant and irrelevant to any
> restrictions laid out by the DMCA since it has no jurisdiction anywhere
> else.
>
> Does it specifically mention how to handle 'sensitive' research outside of
> its borders? Should I tripple check before planning any visits to the
> states? ;)