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FC: Denmark bows to U.S., enacts anti-piracy search and

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 14:03:47 -0400 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Denmark bows to U.S., enacts anti-piracy search and seizure law Send reply to: declan@well.com

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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