John Galt <galt@inconnu.isu.edu> immo vero scripsit IANAL. > The statute in question is 17USC501(b): > > http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/501.html c.f. Japanese copyright law 117, which basically states that A copyright holder of a group of copyright holders can act against copyright infringement without consent of other copyright holders. -- dancer@debian.org http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer