Comment by viccis

1 month ago

Not really.

You can tariff a single company.

  • The normal response to a company importing illegal products is to seize them at the border, destroy them, and, optionally, send the importer a big fine. This is already an established process.

    • > importing illegal products

      What's "illegal" about these products?

      > send the importer a big fine.

      And that gets paid?

      > This is already an established process.

      And has it ever been used for /civil/ software GPL violations?

  • Or you could just prevent the goods from being sold, rather than making the American tax payer foot the bill for that company's crime.