From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Monday, July 19, 2021 at 11:43:10 PM UTC+10, Joe Monk wrote:   
      
   > > Even the abbreviation putting those things together as   
   > > AM31 is not. But at this level, you may be correct, as   
   > > neither you, nor I, nor IBM ultimately get to decide that.   
   > > It will be some Australian judge who has no idea   
   > > whatsoever what AM31 is, only that an American   
   > > company is suing me for copyright violation under   
   > > Australian law.   
      
   > IBM is not going to come after either one of us. They   
   > wouldnt come after you under Aussie law either ... they   
   > would come after you under American copyright law.   
   > If you need an example, look at Kim Dotcom. They're   
   > prosecuting him under American law.   
      
   As far as I know, that is a rare example of someone   
   being extradited, and it is far more normal for someone   
   to be charged under the laws of the country they   
   actually live in.   
      
   I was reading just recently about a virus released by a   
   Filipino that caused billions in damage and because   
   there was no Filipino law against that at the time, and   
   the Philippines constitution didn't allow backdated   
   laws, he wasn't charged at all. He wasn't extradited to   
   every country in the world that did have such laws to   
   face consecutive life sentences either.   
      
   Maybe if I was selling a product with the allegedly   
   copyrighted "AM31" in the American market, instead   
   of just the Australian market, there would be grounds   
   for extradition. Remind me not to do that.   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
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