Hollywood, The MPAA and the US government demanded action from the Swedish government. If Sweden decided not to give in to their wishes the US would impose trade sanctions.
According to IT prosecutor Hakan Rosswall the USA pressured the Swedish government and threatened to blacklist the Swedes within the WTO (World Trade Organization).
Swedish secretary of state Dan Eliasson confirmed the information stating:
“I know that the USA has opinions as it comes to the effectiveness of our system when it comes to copyright and that Sweden and other countries aren’t following thier international agreements. There are sanction mechanisms in the USA, and this has been pointed out from their side.”
You speak as if this is something new! The US have been doing this for decades. And of course if the sanctions don’t work……. Children have a word for people like this… B-U-L-L-Y
am i the only one that sees something wrong with the US forcing another country to obey its laws? how a country wants to govern its people is decided by the governnment of that country not the US. if you move to canada to excape bush woudl u want to have bush threaten to impose trade sanctions unless they adopt laws that bush proposes?
also…I think George W. has the answer to these political problems: “fix the vote…hehe…heck…I’ll support ya and show ya how to do it..hehe….I even have someone in mind.”
To heck with OUR constitution…and the hell with YOUR constitution! “DON’T MESS WITH OUR MONEY!”