# Free Dmitri?  DMCA vs. 1st Amendment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dmitri-dmca-vs-1st-amendment/74860>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [August 4, 2001, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dmitri-dmca-vs-1st-amendment/74860 "2001-08-04T00:44:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/free-dmitri-dmca-vs-1st-amendment/74860/41 "2001-08-06T04:42:12Z")

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> \*Originally posted by galt \*  
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> > \*Originally posted by capacitor \*  
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> > > \*Originally posted by Northern Piper \*
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> > > There are some exceptions, like piracy. Because of the nature of the offence, most countries make piracy an offence and give their courts full jurisdiction to try someone accused of piracy, regardless of nationality, circumstances of the offence, ship’s registry, and so on. International law has long recognizes piracy as a universal offence. \*\*
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> > There are some countries, such as South Korea, that regards all intellectual property as in the public domain. \*\*
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> Er, I think **NP** was talking about the original definition of piracy (i.e. one oceangoing vessel attacking and plundering another). :)\*\*

Yes, more along the following lines:

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> I used to be a farmer, and I made a living fine,  
> I had a little stretch of land along the city line  
> But time went by and though I tried, the money wasn’t there  
> And bankers came and took my land and told me “fair is fair”  
> I looked for every kind of job, the answer always no  
> “Hire you now?” they’d always laugh, “we just let twenty go!”  
> The government, the promised me a measly little sum  
> But I’ve got too much pride to end up just another bum.  
> Then I thought, who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone?  
> I’m gonna be a PIRATE on the river Saskatchewan!!!  
> (Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr! Arrr!!)

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