The trade office said such behavior would "undermine Antigua's claimed intentions of becoming a leader in legitimate electronic commerce, and would severely discourage foreign investment" in the country.
Amazon has steadily grown into a legitimate consumer electronic company.
Mr. Pillai, the Home Ministry secretary, said the government was not opposed to the use of encryption to protect the privacy of legitimate electronic communications.
"At this time, we are not aware of the motives behind these attacks," the attorney general said, "but they appear to be intended to interfere with and to disrupt legitimate electronic commerce".
The proliferation of such sites makes it more difficult for legitimate electronic financial service companies to market themselves.
Either way, devices like the Kindle, Nook and iPad — and publishers willingness to embrace them — allowed a legitimate, and lucrative, electronic publishing industry to grow up before the pirates seized the initiative.
Even if your book was on a pirated site, people (like me) would buy a legitimate non-DRM'd electronic version if you sold it.
Litefeet, the style of energetic, largely percussive dance music that soundtracks the infamous 'showtime' routines you see on the subway, is evolving from a mere grassroots sect of NYC dance culture, to a legitimate sub-genre of electronic music.
At least eight states have passed laws barring electronic prescribing or sales without a legitimate prescription.
