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IP: Denmark bows to U.S., enacts anti-piracy search and seizure law


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 11:09:25 -0400



http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/06/26/042210

   Denmark Enacts Anti-Piracy Search and Seizure Law
   posted by vergil on Friday July 20, @10:51AM
   from the battering-ram-of-the-bsa dept.

   If you needed further proof of the U.S. software industry's global
   muscle, keep reading. The U.S. government, acting on behalf of
   American firms, has successfully pressured Denmark to change
   its laws. A document unearthed by Cluebot.com describes how the new
   law allows physical searches for supposed copyright infringements
   "without prior notification."




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