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The US has a 95 year copyright term because of Mickey Mouse and entertainment industry lobbying. Good luck asking the spying industrial complex to hold on to y
by xyzzy123 13y ago
The US has a 95 year copyright term because of Mickey Mouse and entertainment industry lobbying.
Good luck asking the spying industrial complex to hold on to your data "for a limited time only".
- mpyne 13y agoWell the NSA claims (I'll stipulate "claims" as it's not as if I could check anyways) that they only hold it for 5 years. Congress could enforce the matter by just not giving them money to build anything fancier though. Even the NSA has to obey information theory and physics.
- bobwaycott 13y agoUnless I am mistaken, that is only for a specific subset of data. The released policy also includes indefinite retention of encrypted data, even on Americans. As far as budgets are concerned, when is the last time anything in the intelligence budgets was significantly cut that it affected their operating capabilities?
- marshray 13y agoDo some reading. Congress doesn't actually vote on how much money the NSA gets.