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