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Originally Posted by BWinmill
Yeap, because they may have been facilitating U.S. citizens in breaking U.S. law on U.S. soil. Copyrights are also governed by international agreements, so there is a huge incentive for foreign governments to cooperate.
Now I don't agree with a government taking illegal actions on either home or foreign soils, and believe that they should be held accountable. However illegal activities have been conducted online for far too long simply because there is minimal accountability. (Law breakers can go to foreign soil to delay arrest and prosecution, or even seek nations that will protect them from arrest and prosecution.) So something needs to be done.
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What the US Gov't has done in Australia to get us to 'conform' with their country's idealogies is to use the Balance of Trade to bully the Gov't to agreeing in writing with them.
And they've done it again and again in various and quite different industries, eg copyright, pharmacology etc
That sucks .....
The US Gov't has no doubt bullied New Zealand into performing it's wishes in this matter as well using the Balance of Trade Agreement.
A bully is a bully - whether it be a country or a person or an organisation.