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"4. Promote innovation over litigation. Our efforts should be to protect copyrights and trademarks, not outdated business models." To me, that is the juicie
by jordan0day 15y ago
"4. Promote innovation over litigation. Our efforts should be to protect copyrights and trademarks, not outdated business models."
To me, that is the juiciest nugget in the article. From all appearances, the legislators arguing for SOPA and PIPA don't care too much about our complaints about potential legal abuse and curtailing of the rights of American citizens and companies.
I think stating it instead as a market issue might help, sort of like "SOPA is like something the buggy whip industry would have argued for."
- gapanalysis 15y ago>the legislators arguing for SOPA and PIPA don't care too >much about our complaints about potential legal abuse and >curtailing of the rights of American citizens and companies. I can't decide if this is sad, deplorable, or scary.
- jordan0day 15y agoAgreed. I considered delving deeper into this but it just turned into a "those evil lobbyists!" rant that no one hear needed to read.
- AgentConundrum 15y ago> I can't decide if this is sad, deplorable, or scary. That's a false trichotomy. It's perfectly possible for it to be all three of these, and I'd say this is a fitting example of that.