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> don’t need to worry about the laws of some country halfway around the world. For me, the DCMA is the laws of a country halfway around the world, that the US
by mr_toad 6y ago
> don’t need to worry about the laws of some country halfway around the world.
For me, the DCMA is the laws of a country halfway around the world, that the US tries damn hard to enforce on other countries.
- midasuni 6y agoThis. America has acted as world policeman for decades (skylarov, Kim dot com, patriot act, dmca), now other countries are acting the same there’s outrage from the American tech community.
- approxim8ion 6y agoThere's also the general impression that neutrality is the same as maintaining the American status quo or their interests only.
- imgabe 6y agoSome of us don't support the US doing it either.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agosure, but it sometimes seems like the majority do support it.
- wyager 6y agoWhat website are you on? 99% of people on HN are strongly anti-DMCA, but completely fail to see why it’s bad in principle (because one country is exercising hegemonic influence over the global internet). They love the same type of thing as long as it’s introduced to screw over Facebook.
- MinorTom 6y agoI agree that that's kind of an double standard, but copyright rules including those similar to DMCA are very widely accepted in almost all countries outside the US, too, even though not all enforce them. [1] In a simial vein I can see myself being in favor of some basic privacy rights applicable worldwide, too. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIPO_Copyright_Treaty
- wyager 6y agoYes, and DMCA is terrible. I want less of this. HN constantly argues for more of this without even realizing it, because they think they’re sticking it to Facebook.