From the Boston Phoenix Phlog: Hi Bill Keller. The New York Times just stole our column. Should we sue?
If SOPA & PIPA had passed and been signed into law, the Boston Phoenix could have demanded that all ad networks cease operations with the NY Times, all credit card companies stop processing their payments, and then have the entire domain name blacklisted in the US. All for linking to a PDF. Our copyright system is completely screwed up as it is, and things like SOPA, PIPA and ACTA will make it a nightmare.
Showing posts with label SOPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SOPA. Show all posts
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Friday, December 16, 2011
The nightmarish SOPA hearings
The nightmarish SOPA hearings
FTA: "If I had a dime for every time someone in the hearing used the phrase “I’m not a nerd” or “I’m no tech expert, but they tell me . . .,” I’d have a large number of dimes and still feel intensely worried about the future of the uncensored Internet."
Sad but true: "It’s been a truism for some time that you can tell innovation in an industry has ceased when the industry starts to develop a robust lobbying and litigating presence instead."
I've been saying something similar for a helluva long time now: "There ought to be a law, I think, that in order to regulate something you have to have some understanding of it."
via @ggreenwald
FTA: "If I had a dime for every time someone in the hearing used the phrase “I’m not a nerd” or “I’m no tech expert, but they tell me . . .,” I’d have a large number of dimes and still feel intensely worried about the future of the uncensored Internet."
Sad but true: "It’s been a truism for some time that you can tell innovation in an industry has ceased when the industry starts to develop a robust lobbying and litigating presence instead."
I've been saying something similar for a helluva long time now: "There ought to be a law, I think, that in order to regulate something you have to have some understanding of it."
via @ggreenwald
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