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Whose copyright rules do we abide by here?

Wikipedia's list of parties to international copyright treaties outlines five major international copyright treaties, which apply in various combinations to various countries. We seem to be a US-centric site, so I currently assume we follow US copyright law in specific in addition to any international treaties the USA has ratified. Is that the case? Why?

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Looking at legal: US Laws and international treaties.

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    \$\begingroup\$ The terms of service that bind users and Stack are US jurisdiction, but that's not what's relevant to the Stack's use (via our actions) of others' IP, which I believe is the question at hand. \$\endgroup\$
    – SevenSidedDie
    Jan 25 '15 at 9:57
  • \$\begingroup\$ @SevenSidedDie Section 15 does. Otherwise, like usual, the question needs to be clarified as to the specific (meta) problem at hand? \$\endgroup\$
    – Brian Ballsun-Stanton
    Jan 25 '15 at 9:58
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    \$\begingroup\$ The DMCA doesn't (can't) cover interactions with non-US copyright regimes though, and the Stack is bound by international copyright laws as it operates internationally (and afaik, though being not a lawyer of course, that this is a well-established international law precedent). \$\endgroup\$
    – SevenSidedDie
    Jan 25 '15 at 10:03
  • \$\begingroup\$ Question of standing. Company is quartered in the US, therefore is liable in the US. Servers are in the US (only, ... ?), therefore to sue the servers, all action happens in US courts. \$\endgroup\$
    – Brian Ballsun-Stanton
    Jan 25 '15 at 10:06
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    \$\begingroup\$ Berne Conventions and others stipulate harmonising and cooperation though. So the US is obliged to enforce claims made by treaty partners. Hence, Stack in practice cares about lots of copyright regimes when using IP. \$\endgroup\$
    – SevenSidedDie
    Jan 25 '15 at 10:11
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    \$\begingroup\$ Please clarify the question then such that it references available rules on the stack so I can ping community about specific questions. Right now, it reads like a request to /legal. \$\endgroup\$
    – Brian Ballsun-Stanton
    Jan 25 '15 at 10:14

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