On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 15:09:01 +0000 Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 04, 2005 at 12:37:53AM -0800, Sean Kellogg wrote: > > The laws that are applied are the place where the alleged violation > > occurred. If I break U.S. Copyright Law in Europe, there is no > > case. U.S. laws have no force in Europe. If I break U.S. Copyright > > Law in the United States with a some European court in the Choice of > > Venue clause, the European court would apply U.S. Law. If you find > > that a little bit off, you are beginning to see why Choice of Venue > > clauses are regularilly thrown out in an international setting > > (court's really don't like to interpret the laws of other > > sovereigns). > > You may find it interesting to note that they reject choice of venue > for several of the same reasons that we do. (As a rule of thumb, > anything that a court would throw out for being overbearing is going > to be non-free). It would be usefull to people like me if you related your judgments (or rules of thumb) back to the DFSG. It makes it easier to understand. Glenn -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
