Moral rights: these “rights” are BS. Nobody deserved any rights to things they create. We as a society grant these rights to create economics incentives, nothing more.
Also, what even is the point of a museum if not to spread and share culture.
My hope is that one day we will fix copyright and all this will be in some comedy movie.
Technically they aren't (all) fascists. They are, however, making it impossible to have a conversation because you get your career ruined if you accidentally say the wrong thing. They are censorious totalitarians, not fascists.
I think there is also a copyright angle to this story. Whatever you think about Rogan, its not a good thing that these musicians are using their large catalogs of copyrighted works (which, one might argue, should be in the public domain by now) to attempt to bully companies into de-platforming people. What if some huge artist or label told Google that they had to de-list techdirt or get their music pulled form Google play. This opens the door to a new way using copyright as a tool to bully others.
In my opinion, AT&T removing OANN is a minor for of censorship. The real question is, should they be censored, or at least be deplatformed? I have not actually watched OANN but they have to be morons if they started a cable news network in 2020.
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Re: Re:
I think you can run windows 1 programs on a win 11 system if you recompile to 32-bit.
Then vs Now
How it started: To promote the progress of science and useful arts…
How it’s going: To promote the profits of megacorps and destroy cultural history.
Banning All Graphic
Next YouTube will ban any graphics from the site. The logo will be removed, then the thumbnails, and eventually, it will become SoundCloud.
So many problems here.
Moral rights: these “rights” are BS. Nobody deserved any rights to things they create. We as a society grant these rights to create economics incentives, nothing more.
Also, what even is the point of a museum if not to spread and share culture.
My hope is that one day we will fix copyright and all this will be in some comedy movie.
Re: Good Point
True. Still, I fear that our perpetual copyright turns culture into a hostage to negotiate with.
Re: Disallowed
Technically they aren't (all) fascists. They are, however, making it impossible to have a conversation because you get your career ruined if you accidentally say the wrong thing. They are censorious totalitarians, not fascists.
Another Angle to this Story
I think there is also a copyright angle to this story. Whatever you think about Rogan, its not a good thing that these musicians are using their large catalogs of copyrighted works (which, one might argue, should be in the public domain by now) to attempt to bully companies into de-platforming people. What if some huge artist or label told Google that they had to de-list techdirt or get their music pulled form Google play. This opens the door to a new way using copyright as a tool to bully others.
Thoughts on OANN
In my opinion, AT&T removing OANN is a minor for of censorship. The real question is, should they be censored, or at least be deplatformed? I have not actually watched OANN but they have to be morons if they started a cable news network in 2020.
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