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I'm not worried. Ars Technica digs up at least one of these scary bills going through Congress each year and nothing ever comes out of it. Our lawmakers may b
by j_baker 15y ago
I'm not worried. Ars Technica digs up at least one of these scary bills going through Congress each year and nothing ever comes out of it. Our lawmakers may be in the pocket of big content, but they aren't stupid enough to pass something as draconian as this. The real things we need to worry about probably won't be as obviously draconian.
- zinkem 15y agoHave you seen the adminstration's white paper on IP enforcement? This type of legislation is a priority for Obama and Biden. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ip_white_paper.pdf http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/ip_white_paper...
- dexen 15y agoThe repeated requests for that kind of law modification have effect of moving the Overton window [0] in the direction of stiffer IP enforcement. Even if the bills fall flat one after another, they move the bounds of discussion towards heavy-handed IP rules. Preparing grounds for small, creeping changes. ---- [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window