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Hold your horses. The cable does not in any way indicate that the US actively did anything. Remember folks, cables are internal communications between embassie
by toxik 16y ago
Hold your horses.
The cable does not in any way indicate that the US actively did anything. Remember folks, cables are internal communications between embassies and their governments.
What the cable does say is it pleads for Sweden not to be put on the 2009 Special 301 Watch List - this list is prepared by the USTR, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_301_Report http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_301_Report
So what does it really say then? It simply says that the Swedish government (called GOS (means "cuddle" in Swedish) in the paper) have actually taken actions against Internet piracy.
So in essence, this cable really only says that Sweden should not be treated differently from say Norway in world-trade contexts such as WTO or NAFTA.
RICK FALKVINGE IS THE LEADER OF THE PIRATE PARTY. HE IS BIASED.
- henrikschroder 16y agoParagraph 2 of the cable starts with this: "This cable reviews the progress Sweden has made on the Special 301 Initiative Action plan which we presented to the GOS at the conclusion of the Special 301 review 2008 (Ref B)." Basically, the government of Sweden did almost everything the US government told it to do, to avoid being put on the scary-sounding watch-list.