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Many laws in Mexico are not enforced. I'd be very surprised if these copyright laws were. It's extremely common to find street vendors selling pirated movies,
by pier25 6y ago
Many laws in Mexico are not enforced. I'd be very surprised if these copyright laws were.
It's extremely common to find street vendors selling pirated movies, software, etc, with absolute impunity. I'm not referring to guys with a backpack selling DVDs or USBs in the Mexico City metro, but entire street blocks full of permanent markets.
If you're ever in Mexico City go to the MEAVE market a couple of minutes from the Latino Tower (also called "la plaza de la tecnología"). It's a huge labyrinthian cyberpunk market of pirated, software, hardware, second hand devices, phone repairs, etc.
- 29athrowaway 6y agoThe unsolved crime rate in Mexico is over 90%. That means, most crime goes unreported or uninvestigated. That includes the worst types of crime.
- greggman3 6y agoWhat is that number in other countries?
- zarkov99 6y agoBe aware that a lot of that business is ultimately controlled by the drug cartels.
- ASalazarMX 6y agoThis is a rare instance where violations can be monitored and punished automatically, and the punishment has very personal consequences, like losing your internet access. I hope our government fumbles this, as it has fumbled anything actually important.
- saganus 6y agoThe problem will be selective enforcement, and this will give the authorities a wider spectrum of tools to silence whoever they want. Sure, legal enforcement might be very low, but imagine expressing an opinion that goes counter to someone powerful, they will now have more alternatives to shut down dissenting voices. This is very worrying.