The DMCA has nothing on the latvians.
* DECEMBER 1, 2008, 4:44 P.M. ET
How to Combat a Banking Crisis: First, Round Up the Pessimists
Latvian Agents Detain a Gloomy Economist; 'It Is a Form of Deterrence'
By ANDREW HIGGINS
RIGA, Latvia -- Hammered by economic woe, this former Soviet
republic recently took a novel step to contain the crisis. Its
counterespionage agency busted an economist for being too downbeat.
"All I did was say what everyone knows," says Dmitrijs Smirnovs, a
32-year-old university lecturer detained by Latvia's Security
Police. The force is responsible for hunting down spies, terrorists
and other threats to this Baltic nation of 2.3 million people and 26
banks.
Now free after two days of questioning, Mr. Smirnovs hasn't been
charged. But he is still under investigation for bad-mouthing the
stability of Latvia's banks and the national currency, the lat.
Investigators suspect him of spreading "untruthful information."
They've ordered him not to leave the country and seized his
computer...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122809308553167889.html
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