What I had in mind was something closer to
the laws against piracy — a crime whose intrinsic international - ness makes it analogous to science, which is also an international (dare I say universal?)
Not exact matches
Apparently, yesterday's mass Internet protests (from the likes of Google, Wikipedia and Reddit) must have had an effect: Many of the Senators who previously supported the controversial Stop Internet
Piracy and Protect IP Acts — including some previous co-sponsors of the bills — have now come out in opposition
against the proposed
laws...
While efforts have been limited in the offending nations mentioned above, this year the association was successful in spurring five
law enforcement raids
against large
piracy operations in the state of California, resulting in seizure of
piracy materials and numerous arrests.
Yet as The Connecticut
Law Tribune reports, Kent Johnson, the sole owner of Compatible Computers, did just that: He stood up to accusations of computer
piracy and trademark infringement in a lawsuit Microsoft filed
against his company, and prevailed.
Having examined the foundational weaknesses of the Bell coalition's website blocking plan (existing Canadian
law, weak
piracy evidence, limited impact) and its negative effects (lack of court orders, overblocking, ineffectiveness, violation of net neutrality, vulnerability on freedom of expression grounds, higher Internet costs, privacy risks), the case
against the plan enters the final phase with several posts on how it fails to meet the requirements under the Telecommunications Act.
«In a setback to DirecTV's fight
against satellite
piracy, a federal appeals panel on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the company can not sue people under a wiretapping
law just because they possess cards allowing them to intercept its signal.»
To define and punish
Piracies and Felonies committed on the high Seas, and Offenses
against the
Law of Nations;
But then copyright
law works
against the copyright holder's potential profits (and might also encourage
piracy).
A South Wales
law firm has secured a major contract from a multinational software company, to support its strategy on protecting its Intellectual Property and lead its fight
against international
piracy of its products.
As with music, film is also no stranger to
piracy, and it is often a costly battle for movie studios, distributors, and even
law enforcement agencies to fight
against piracy.