Having not received further communication from them in over a week at this point, I'm just going with the post as is, in the hopes that maybe someone out there can explain why the federal government is using copyright to censor speech?
I'll keep it simple. It's embarrassment. The government is overstepping on the 1st Amendment and DHS is not going to provide due process here. The entire team of the DHS and the DoJ has become politicized to the point that they want to censor things. This isn't being conspiratorial given how the Obama administration has reacted to whistleblowers and the leaking of information. More than likely, someone is looking at this and even if it's insignificant, they want to cover this up.
I have no doubt that in the very near future, you'll see even more abuse of the Youtube takedowns to censor people and free speech since the DMCA allows for copyright takedowns without any regards to free speech concerns.
This is somewhat different. Think about the value Techdirt adds to your experience. Firstly, you get to see articles if you pay a small amount (Mike, still waiting on new books to give more money for!).
Second, you have a chance to have other people respect your opinion a little more. Sure, some people can have anonymous posts and they take advantage of it. But how many people take all anonymous posts seriously? While we have a number of people that have good points to make (anonymous or otherwise) we have a fair number of trolls that come in to spout off their nonsense of the day. But Mike doesn't charge for those details and that's the fairly awesome part. He allows you to make your own choice. Do you want to be a contributor? Do you want to just have a sign in to track your posts? Do you just want to rant? All is at your fingertips with very little in regards to an emotional cost.
The other good thing is that the news for technology is pretty damn good. So if I decide to use this for my own news show, I don't have to worry about Techdirt trying to say I stole their news. Think about this. Techdirt is the new press and he's made it damn easy for others to relate issues on obscure aspects of technology and constitutional issues.
So it's great that Techdirt does this. I'm more than happy to try to give what I can in time or money to a site that respects all of their contributors (yes, even the trolls that try to detract from the conversation) far more than trying to pigeonhole people that aren't paying them.
I see this as an excuse to share more info to law enforcement and less to more enforcement that hasn't worked for forty years. Given how drug contracts are lucrative for law enforcement, expect Google to be paid for every person they sell out.
Is anyone else noticing a growing corporate interest in our law making against public interest our is it just me? WWE won't talk about SOPA even though they support it. The CoC tried everything to get it passed. And we can't forget that Lamar along with the USTR pushing against what people want.
This is beginning to remind me of the fights that Jefferson and our Forefathers had against corporate interests...
I believe it has to do with Pena Nieto being president. This is the same party that ruled for over 70 years with massive corruption going on. He has essentially bribed people in Mexico with food through grocery stores as well as had a 7 point marginal lead which is being recounted. Further, there's heavy collusion with the media for him to be the president.
So imagine when Biden went down to Mexico during their elections to tell him about the ACTA as well as the TPP to continue the status quo.
What's amazing is that no one here sees the abuse that coulda be caused by this complete access. You can destroy enemies with false claims as well as profit greatly on selling all of the information. What's to stop the government from accusing someone from trafficking in child porn? Causing dissent? Becoming a menace? The fact is, the government is essentially continuing age old programs introduced during the cold war, which make no sense in the digital era. Someone should look up the Eisenhower Doctrine and how to sensationalize media. Or COINTELPRO and how the FBI took the law into it's own hands. Fact is, these fights are the same ones as the ones in the 60s and 70s our even earlier time frames if only people would learn from history.
Can't. His district is so gerrymandered that you can't change how it looks. Further, there's no incentive for Republican judges to redistrict the maps because they lose power. It's lose-lose all around.
We're a lunatic, fringe group with no real influence and no real power.
Uhm... Dunno about that since Kennedy is still a Supreme Court justice and had far more influence on legislation than Sandra Day O'Connor as the deciding vote.
We're responsible for every ill that befalls society.
I dunno about that... You would have to look into the Lochnear or Gilded era for people that truly hated democracy.
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Embarrassment
I'll keep it simple. It's embarrassment. The government is overstepping on the 1st Amendment and DHS is not going to provide due process here. The entire team of the DHS and the DoJ has become politicized to the point that they want to censor things. This isn't being conspiratorial given how the Obama administration has reacted to whistleblowers and the leaking of information. More than likely, someone is looking at this and even if it's insignificant, they want to cover this up.
I have no doubt that in the very near future, you'll see even more abuse of the Youtube takedowns to censor people and free speech since the DMCA allows for copyright takedowns without any regards to free speech concerns.
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Hold the phone...
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Second, you have a chance to have other people respect your opinion a little more. Sure, some people can have anonymous posts and they take advantage of it. But how many people take all anonymous posts seriously? While we have a number of people that have good points to make (anonymous or otherwise) we have a fair number of trolls that come in to spout off their nonsense of the day. But Mike doesn't charge for those details and that's the fairly awesome part. He allows you to make your own choice. Do you want to be a contributor? Do you want to just have a sign in to track your posts? Do you just want to rant? All is at your fingertips with very little in regards to an emotional cost.
The other good thing is that the news for technology is pretty damn good. So if I decide to use this for my own news show, I don't have to worry about Techdirt trying to say I stole their news. Think about this. Techdirt is the new press and he's made it damn easy for others to relate issues on obscure aspects of technology and constitutional issues.
So it's great that Techdirt does this. I'm more than happy to try to give what I can in time or money to a site that respects all of their contributors (yes, even the trolls that try to detract from the conversation) far more than trying to pigeonhole people that aren't paying them.
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This is beginning to remind me of the fights that Jefferson and our Forefathers had against corporate interests...
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So imagine when Biden went down to Mexico during their elections to tell him about the ACTA as well as the TPP to continue the status quo.
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It's ridiculous because courts shy away from gerrymandering and it's pretty bad with the recent maps thrown out because of this problem.
There's a way to allow better voting but it's going to have to go through a ton of partisanship.
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Uhm... Dunno about that since Kennedy is still a Supreme Court justice and had far more influence on legislation than Sandra Day O'Connor as the deciding vote.
We're responsible for every ill that befalls society.
I dunno about that... You would have to look into the Lochnear or Gilded era for people that truly hated democracy.
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