Re: sovereign nations & copyright law

On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Harold Federow <haroldf[_at_]bsquare.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 20, 2000, Jayne Sebby <jsebby[_at_]unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > Are citizens of sovereign nations within the U.S. (ie: the various
> > > Indian Tribes) subject to U.S. copyright law?
> >
> > This is top of the head, so beware. My sense of Indian sovereignty
> > is that it is limited sovereignty and that Indians are generally
> > subject to most federal laws. In some sense, they are roughly equal
> > to the states in sovereignty in that both are under the federal
> > government and their laws have an often complicated interaction with
> > each other.
>
> The big difference, I think, is that an Indian Tribe would not be
> covered by the Eleventh Amendment.

Greetings,

Regarding sovereignty of American Indian nations and U.S. copyright questions, you might try contacting the Indian Law Resource Center. Their website is located at:

   http://www.indianlaw.org/

Mary-Carol Lindbloom
mlindblm[_at_]darkstar.rsa.lib.il.us Received on Wed Jul 26 2000 - 14:19:07 GMT