Khakimullin Aleksandr / Shutterstock.com The United States is a global leader in both internet technology and internet law, as most recently exemplified in the use of a novel American copyright infringement law to curtail the use of an American application worldwide. More specifically, the American internet downloading utility youtube-dl, which allows internet users to easily download both videos and audio content from thousands of internet sites around the world may be incapacitated by an American statute in Europe and beyond.
