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>At this point, the Internet Archive should consider simply moving to another jurisdiction.

Except international copyright treaties exist, which makes copyright enforcement effectively extraterritorial.



That truly depends on the jurisdiction. International treaties are not generally above a country’s constitution, and there are several countries where the right to education and to access literary works might take precedence over copyright.

I’m not saying copyright is not enforced internationally; rather, IA’s perspective on copyright might be viewed more favorably in other countries.




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