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US Calls Switzerland An Internet Piracy Haven (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the affinity-for-piracy dept.

An anonymous reader writes: The Office of the United States Trade Representative has published its annual Special 301 Report calling out other nations for failing to live up to U.S. IP enforcement standards. This year European ally Switzerland has been placed on the Watch List for protecting file-sharers and playing host to many pirate sites. "Generally speaking, Switzerland broadly provides high-levels of IPR protection and enforcement in its territory. Switzerland makes important contributions to promoting such protection and enforcement internationally, including in bilateral and multilateral contexts, which are welcomed by the United States," the USTR writes in its assessment.

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  1. Is this something good or bad for switzerland by NotInHere · · Score: 5, Interesting

    is this something good for swiss business, or something bad?

    I mean tax havens are doing great as well.

  2. Or, you know, privacy that really means something by Space+cowboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yup. Just moved all my personal stuff to hostpoint.ch.

    They give you free SSL, ssh access, and they need a warrant before they'll release anything, *and* they'll tell you if a warrant has been issued.

    I've got nothing to hide. My life is disturbingly normal and boring, but it's the principle of the thing. I don't think government should rifle through every piece of my postal mail, and I don't think they should do the same to my email / digital data either.

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  3. Re:What... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yes - we un-elected the Surfette from the federal council, she was the one who basically sold out our country to the US...

  4. The biggest joke about it by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...is probably that the whole copyright shit is based on the Berne Convention.

    Take a guess where Berne is. Hint: It's in the link.

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