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__anders__ · on April 13, 2014

> It would be like being acquitted in russia and then charged in argentina.

No, "it would be like being acquitted in Russia and then charged in Moscow" or "it would be like being acquitted in Argentina and then charged in Buenos Aires".

DannyBee · on April 13, 2014

Actually, it's precisely not like that because they are not separate sovereign entities, like the states are separate sovereign entities from the federal government.

This is exactly why it is not like being acquitted in russia and then charged in moscow. Being acquitted in russia and then charged in moscow would be double jeopardy.

__anders__ · on April 7, 2014

AFAIK in USA at least, until 1976 that was the deal. From that year on, everything is copyright by default.

This change was because The Night of the Living Dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Living_Dead#Copyri...