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   Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 19:16:01 JST Rasmus Fleischer

   What if Sweden's reponse to US tariffs would be to legalize The Pirate Bay again.

   You know, that search engine which once caused the US to threaten Sweden with sanctions.
   #thepiratebay #piracy #copyright

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Thursday, 03-Apr-2025 19:25:40 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     The Pirate Bay as Sweden's anti-US killer weapon in a trade war?

     No, but seriously: there might be a likelihood for the global IP regime to crackle. If the US does not respect WTO:s agreements on stuff like non-discrimination in tariff policies etc – how long would other WTO members respect the rules on patents, trademarks and copyrights in WTO:s TRIPS agreement which, after all, was very much designed to favor US interests?
     Yet, I wouldn't say that any crackle in that global IP regime woule necessarily be a positive thing. Trade wars are usually far too cynical, nationalist and boring.

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 01:38:26 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     What if EU would just take "Tesla" off its list of protected trademarks?

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 01:41:23 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     And what if the European Patent Office would de-register every patent belonging to Amazon, Microsoft or Meta?

     I'm sure that would hit harder than any counter-tariff on imports from the US.

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     Rasmus Fleischer (rasmusfleischer@tldr.nettime.org)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 05:03:46 JST Rasmus Fleischer

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     • Cory Doctorow
     • Johan K Sch

     @johank76 Of course @pluralistic was first on that one too! (Thanks for the link.)

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     Johan K Sch (johank76@mastodon.nu)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 05:03:47 JST Johan K Sch

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     @rasmusfleischer Cf.
     "But Canadian companies could make jailbreaking kits for Teslas that unlock all the features in the car for a single low price – and again, they could sell these to every Tesla owner in the world."

     https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/15/beauty-eh/#its-the-only-war-the-yankees-lost-except-for-vietnam-and-also-the-alamo-and-the-bay-of-ham

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     Johan K Sch (johank76@mastodon.nu)'s status on Friday, 04-Apr-2025 18:15:04 JST Johan K Sch

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     • Cory Doctorow

     @rasmusfleischer @pluralistic Similar asymmetrical responses were also suggested the last time Trump played tariff wars: https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/second-opinion-trade-dispute-canada-us-drug-patents-intellectual-property-1.4708630