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Once mechanisms are in place to block websites encouraging 'IP infringement', how likely is it that these mechanisms will be repurposed? Although I'm not entir
by lwhi 15y ago
Once mechanisms are in place to block websites encouraging 'IP infringement', how likely is it that these mechanisms will be repurposed?
Although I'm not entirely convinced, part of my wonders whether governmental support for these lobbyists might be partly swayed by the simple proposition that these methods to control the internet could eventually be used for more varied forms of censorship.
- smokeyj 15y agoThis is the same government that extended the patriot act. I may be cynical, but I don't think they have any respect for privacy or communication. In the day of no-knock searches and wiretaps, will these guys restrain themselves to their constitutional responsibilities? From one I've observed, no way.
- jbooth 15y agoGovernmental (more accurately Congressional) support for lobbyist-supported legislation is a 3 step process. 1) God I am so fucking sick of dialing for dollars. 2) This guy has a bag of money. 3) I spend all my time dialing and none of it on policy so I can't tell the difference anyways. Hey, I'll just do what he's telling me. It's not quite that cut and dried but that's what it comes down to in the end, with a little dancing in between so the congressman can convince himself he isn't being bought.