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> Nobody said your movie has to be viewable in China. You will of course forgive me if I do not find economic favoritism that benefits politically connected in
by fennecfoxen 7y ago
> Nobody said your movie has to be viewable in China.
You will of course forgive me if I do not find economic favoritism that benefits politically connected industrialists, the restriction of freedom of thought by oppressive governments, and the general Balkanization of the Internet, to be things that we ought to celebrate.
Once upon a time the memes of Internet culture would suggest that "information wants to be free!" Oh, sweet halcyon days of yore!
- jakelazaroff 7y ago> Once upon a time the memes of Internet culture would suggest that "information wants to be free!" Oh, sweet halcyon days of yore! Turns out it’s not free — it’s actually very valuable, and the cost is borne by society writ large.
- alanbernstein 7y agoInformation does want to be libre. Information is not gratis.
- JohnFen 7y ago> Once upon a time the memes of Internet culture would suggest that "information wants to be free!" Oh, sweet halcyon days of yore! Agreed. But martech pretty much killed that dead.
- pgcj_poster 7y agoAll of these argument apply to national sovereignty in general. When different countries can have different laws, it does indeed mean that France can have tax laws favoring French companies, a US company might have a harder time setting up shop in Germany, and North Korea can oppress its people with impunity.