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Slow legislation is a feature rather than a bug. Less opportunity for reactionary laws based on emotion or a collective misunderstanding of events that we later
by sprayk 6y ago
Slow legislation is a feature rather than a bug. Less opportunity for reactionary laws based on emotion or a collective misunderstanding of events that we later regret. It's not a perfect deterrent, obviously, e.g. the Patriot Act
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoCipyright law needed reform for like 40 years. Thre is slow, and there is dysfunctional
- ghaff 6y agoHowever, the main reform that people are asking for is a shortening of copyright terms which really isn't a factor that plays into this case or, for the most part, with computer software generally. One can imagine copyright reform that broadly and explicitly exempts interfaces from at least copyright protection but that has generally not been one of the top issues historically.
- dragonwriter 6y agoCopyright law has received many reforms over the last 40 years. It may not have received the particular reforms you want, but that’s a very different issue.
- ClumsyPilot 6y agoIt doesnt matter what I want, it has not addressed the issues that need to be adressed, in either way.