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   Anonymous Coward, 4 Jun 2002 @ 9:13am

   
   

   Cyber Court

   I think a cyber court would be a scary thing. A panel of 3-7 people with a tremendous amount of power over the digital world. If they're not seated permantly (like the supreme court) they're going to have their campaigns funded by the likes of Microsoft and RIAA. If this happens we'll wind up with the same greed and arrogance of the Senate. If they're seated permantly then we have to worry about how they'll vote. With a majority of pro-business judges on the bench we could lose many more rights for many years. We would literally have to wait for a judge to die in order to hope for a change. Take a look at Roe v. Wade. Both sides are pasionate in their views and vote for presidents based on his view. The president then selects judges that have a history of voting along his lines. Judges step down early or postpone retirement depending on the party affiliation of the president. Every four years both sides get anxious over the possibility of turning over Roe v. Wade. The same thing would happen with p2p networks, encryption/decryption, mp3 and digital video. The current system makes it harder (but certainly not impossible) for the wealthy adversaries to buy their own way.

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