• eldavi@lemmy.ml
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    7 days ago

    IP owners have created international consortiums to protect their profits and place pressure on foreign gov’t to respond.

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      5 days ago

      Sure, but not all foreign governments will respond, and with the decline of the American hedgemony, even fewer will respond. I suspect Libya will not be too forthcoming with helping wester IP Consortiums crack down on pirated video stores. And since that store has been open for 15years, I seem to be correct here.

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        4 days ago

        it’s more like the american hegemony had bigger fish to fry and getting rid of gaddafi was the last time they thought about libya