From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2017 01:21:57 -0500

Actions publishers can take do not stop with the US court system.
Through the annual reporting of the US Trade Representative's Special
301 process, evidence that US-owned IP is being violated in foreign
countries can lead to trade sanctions against those countries:
https://ustr.gov/about-us/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2017/april/ustr-releases-2017-special-301-report
This is a tool that could be used to pressure Kazakstan to shut down
Sci-Hub and Lib-Gen.

Sandy Thatcher


> From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 10:28:02 +0100
>
> Dear Jim
>
> I think lawsuits did have  success with Pirate Bay and similar. Maybe
> these sites are just as worrying to publishers as they once were just
> not mentioned as much but others can tell us. Once a judgement has
> been given notice and takedown are given (extra) backing. I know that
> in the UK the PA's copyright and infringement portal has had a lot of
> success: https://www.publishers.org.uk/activities/copyright-ip/preventing-piracy/.
>
> Anthony
>
> *******
>
> From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:35:03 -0700
>
> First Elsevier, now the American Chemical Society, seeing Elsevier's
> success, files suit against offshore malefactors.
>
> https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/newsreleases/2017/june/acs-files-suit-against-sci-hub.html
>
> The question this raises in my mind is, why do these large and
> powerful organizations think it's worthwhile filing and winning these
> suits.  Their lawyers and the process cost them a fair packet, while
> the malefactors revel in their ability to escape the long arm of the
> law.  Suggests to me there's a deeper game going on.  Worth doing all
> this to make a careful show of protecting their rights against future
> malefactors who may be within reach?  I would be glad to be
> instructed.
>
> Jim O'Donnell
>
> Arizona State