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And then there’s other solutions you can do. E.g., seizing Google’s copyrights and patents, and selling EU usage rights for them. Or seizing the physical hardw
by kuschku 9y ago
And then there’s other solutions you can do.
E.g., seizing Google’s copyrights and patents, and selling EU usage rights for them. Or seizing the physical hardware, and selling them (and the software on them) off.
There’s many many solutions here.
In the past, european governments have already seized airplanes from airlines upon landing, and threatened to auction them off, to pay a single unpaid $500 ticket return fine.
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- protomyth 9y ago> E.g., seizing Google’s copyrights and patents, and selling EU usage rights for them. Or seizing the physical hardware, and selling them (and the software on them) off. The retaliation from the US government on that one would be pretty epic. I wouldn't want to be an owner of a patent heavy European company at that point. Our current President is quite familiar with eminent domain.
- lovich 9y agoWhat's the trade balance with IP between the US and the EU? Whichever side is benefiting from that the most, also has the most to lose