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> While some have derided the events of last week as a departure from the way we do things in Washington What? Who? > If members of Congress better understood
by swombat 15y ago
> While some have derided the events of last week as a departure from the way we do things in Washington
What? Who?
> If members of Congress better understood the digital world, they would know that downloading a digital good from a foreign site is no different than importing goods from a foreign country
WHAT? HOW?
Note: I realise this is supposed to be one of the good guys who gets it. This makes that second statement all the more worrying!
- mattmanser 15y agoCan you be a bit more specific about the latter? I don't really get what's so wrong with that.
- awj 15y agoFrom the recipient's perspective, the two are pretty drastically different. Importing goods from a foreign country involves some rather substantial regulatory burdens along with the more mundane timing/transportation issues associated with the travel distance. Pulling data off a foreign website is no different for the recipient than it is anywhere else. Even the issues created by the physical distance are relatively minor. This comparison doesn't recognize that difference.
- frankydp 15y agoWhat? Who? - Most of the lobbying groups and SOPA/PIPA congressional sponsors. Most overtly Mr. Dodd. I assume he is referring to first hand rumblings from his peers. But, there has been a lot of detractors about the events, just not in the pro groups with which we can sometimes self relegate to. What? How? - Taking that sentence without the following is out of context. He was making a economic theory correlation not a literal comparison, in an effort to lead into the follow on sentence.