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I think the big publishers are not behaving rationally here, trying to fight a library based in Russia via American courts. A much cheaper and effective altern
by dagenleg 9y ago
I think the big publishers are not behaving rationally here, trying to fight a library based in Russia via American courts.
A much cheaper and effective alternative would be to simply bribe some Russian officials. If the bribe is big enough the websites will be gone in a week, owners arrested.
- conanbatt 9y agoI'm pretty sure that is criminal.
- owebmaster 9y agoAnd probably would not work. If this is a common expedient, at least with Snowden it didn't work.
- matz1 9y agoOf course you would do it secretly.
- conanbatt 9y agoStill, i would never recommend a big institucion to engage in criminal activities for its own benefit :)
- exhilaration 9y agoI'm sure they'd love to but if the publishers are US-based, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) makes it a crime to bribe officials of foreign governments. The law is somewhat actively enforced: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-firms-say-costly-foreign-bribe-law-lacks-clarity/2011/07/05/gIQAB50jTI_story.html?utm_term=.dfd599aca054 https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/us-firms-say...
- dpatru 9y agoThis is probably a very bad idea: https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-pract....