The problem is that newspapers will soon be non-existent; the number of print copies is plummeting, the online pay model won't work, and ad revenue is drying up quickly.
Pretty soon this won't be a problem, as corporeal newspapers disappear, and are replaced by bloggers who fact check even less than current reporters.
The government enacted the law that allows private entities to curtail free speech (the mandatory nature of the take down notice), thus it is a government action.
Satire, Parody & Criticism: That was the point of my Jonathan Swift comment A Modest Proposal
For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland
From Being Aburden to Their Parents or Country, and
For Making Them Beneficial to The Public Jonathan Swift (1729)
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
On the post: UK's Times Online Starts Blocking Aggregators Hours After Aggregators Win Copyright Tribunal Ruling Against Newspapers
Pretty soon this won't be a problem, as corporeal newspapers disappear, and are replaced by bloggers who fact check even less than current reporters.
On the post: Comedian Has To Retell Joke 2nd Time, Because Viacom Couldn't Have Him Sing Four Words: 'We Are The World'
The Department of Redundancy Department wants to know why he told the joke three times.
On the post: ADM Says Video Mocking Them Is Copyright Infringement; Abuses Copyright Law To Stifle Free Speech
Re: Re: These guys are idiots.
On the post: ADM Says Video Mocking Them Is Copyright Infringement; Abuses Copyright Law To Stifle Free Speech
Satire, Parody & Criticism
A Modest Proposal
For Preventing The Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being Aburden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to The Public
Jonathan Swift (1729)
On the post: ADM Says Video Mocking Them Is Copyright Infringement; Abuses Copyright Law To Stifle Free Speech
These guys are idiots.
I think notices like this should be ignored, and if ADM starts a lawsuit their counsel should be sanctioned.
Jonathan Swift is spinning in his grave right now.
On the post: Sometimes Protecting Free Speech Means Protecting Speech You Don't Like
Link to case?
I dare not make a comment without seeing the actual decision.
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