Crowhugger and 999, I hope you realize that many or most of those U.S. laws benefit U.S. corporations, and not the people of the U.S.

Sometimes, I wish more U.S. citizens would realize that, too. Do the laws serve authors and inventors and consumers, or are they meant to protect only investors and corporate executives? The U.S. has been a corporate oligarchy since the 1840s, I think.

-Joe-