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I think this is an important topic that needs to be addressed, but suing the government is doomed to fail. The federal government has sovereign immunity, and y
by olympus 10y ago
I think this is an important topic that needs to be addressed, but suing the government is doomed to fail. The federal government has sovereign immunity, and you can't sue them unless they decide that you can. They usually decide that you can't. Most laws aren't changed in the court unless someone is criminally prosecuted. Then your appeal case can move through the higher levels of the court until it reaches a level that the law can be struck down completely, or what usually happens is a legal precedent is set regarding a specific portion of the law.
So unless Bunnie has been prosecuted for breaking the DMCA, this is likely going to be an ineffective move.
If you want to change a law without breaking it first, the right way to go about it is petitioning Congress, the lawmaking part of the government.
- athenot 10y agoNot necessarily. It can influence the change in legislation or enforcement thereof. Case in point: DJB vs. United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein_v._United_States
- knieveltech 10y agoYou skipped the part where you form a lobby group with deep pockets before petitioning congress. I'm skeptical that petitioning will be any more effective than a lawsuit without that step.