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What about distributed systems without central control? Will the new laws force them to introduce filtering into the software (which could e.g. be open source a
by jonathanstrange 8y ago
What about distributed systems without central control? Will the new laws force them to introduce filtering into the software (which could e.g. be open source and forkable by anyone)? Or does this only apply to systems with a centralized repository?
I'm curious how this is supposed to work.
- Natanael_L 8y agoPresumably anybody who runs a server / node would be liable
- greglindahl 8y agoYou can look up the legal actions related to Usenet to see an example of US State Attorneys General banding together to attack a distributed system because a few people were posting bad stuff on it.
- betterunix2 8y ago"What about distributed systems without central control?" The copyright industry and their bought-and-paid-for politicians have repeatedly demonstrated that they have no mental model for such forms of distribution. Have you forgotten the panic that ensued fifteen years ago, when the music industry was suing middle schoolers? (The irony is that the very same platforms these industry lobbyists are whining about only became popular because they killed P2P via the courts.)