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"The First Amendment does not guarantee Cox’s subscribers the right to use Cox’s internet service to steal music any more than it prevents Cox from terminating
by kakarot 9y ago
"The First Amendment does not guarantee Cox’s subscribers the right to use Cox’s internet service to steal music any more than it prevents Cox from terminating subscribers who violate Cox’s policies or fail to pay their bills"
Okay, so where does it guarantee copyright holders the right to dictate my ability to use a utility that is now widely regarded as a basic human right by the international community? [0]
[0] http://gizmodo.com/internet-access-is-now-a-basic-human-right-1783081865 http://gizmodo.com/internet-access-is-now-a-basic-human-righ...
- duncan_bayne 9y agoRight here: https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?cycle=ALL https://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php?cycle=ALL I think you'll find that's what has been used instead of the Constitution in the US for some time.
- andreyf 9y agoRenaissance Technologies? That's not a list I would have expected them to be on...
- evilDagmar 9y agoI'd like to take a moment to point out that the actual Copyright Act which BMG et al. are so freely waving about has a section that explicitly states that after a certain amount of time, these products are supposed to go into the public domain. I'm not sure I can really respect their claims when it's clear from their behaviour (DRM, perpetually lobbying to extend the time periods, etc) that they themselves have no intention of heeding the Copyright Act. ...because something can't go to the public domain if no one has useable copies of anything .