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Just in case anyone was not aware (or is shocked by this), the Obama administration has very close ties to the copyright industry: http://www.wired.com/threatle

by habitue 14y ago

Just in case anyone was not aware (or is shocked by this), the Obama administration has very close ties to the copyright industry: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/04/obama-taps-fift/ It is entirely unsurprising they would react in this way

tptacek 14y ago
Government attorneys defend by-the-books application of decades-old federal law. Film at 11.
- vishaldpatel 14y ago
  Government attorneys fail to act on behalf of the people. Film at 11.
  - tptacek 14y ago
    Government attorneys fail to act on behalf of the people I favor. Film at 11. Fixed that for you. :)
    - burke 14y ago
      Yes and no. There's a clear divide in this case between corporate and personal interests. America wasn't originally all about defending corporate rights more vigorously than personal ones.
      - tptacek 14y ago
        And you find the idea that the interests of groups of people are disfavored over those of individual people where, exactly, in the Constitution?
        logn 14y ago
        Hopefully the 28th Amendment: http://www.wolf-pac.com/the_plan http://www.wolf-pac.com/the_plan
        rmc 14y ago
        Pedantically, the US Constitution originally favoured white land owning men. :P
  - rayiner 14y ago
    The Constitutional scheme does not involve the DOJ second-guessing Congress. News at 11.