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By: Jordan T. Cox

Jordan T. Cox — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:28:48 +0000

HOTI Dave; Considering that pirates and importers are already happily transmitting Hi-Def video all around the Internets to audiences large enough to ire the MPAA into a lawsuit frenzy… I would say that no amount of hand waving will convince me that regulation is necessary to do something that is already being done.

Furthermore, if large corporations can get federally protected and legislated monopolies and assistances do these sorts of things… why can’t ordinary citizens? I currently cannot get across town in twenty minutes, in order to do so I would need a law forbidding anyone else to use the road while I am using it. Can I get that law passed as well?

Additionally, current laws on anti-competitive behavior /don’t/ help the Internet market-place. Charter gobbled up our last ISP here in town and service went downhill shortly thereafter, even impacting our city officials – but there was nothing that could be done about it since the legislation doesn’t work.

Also, really – how much power does the “Register of Copyright of the US” even have? I mean, she has to work within legal frameworks that are set out by equally dusty individuals who probably think an average computer still takes up an entire factory floor.

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:21:35 +0000

Unfortunate.

By: Mary Brown

Mary Brown — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:59:37 +0000

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Free Nature Photography Wallpaper — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:08:18 +0000

There is a huge issue with copyright. I have had so many things stolen, and to pursue it is so much trouble and money. I wish there was an easier way

By: shane

shane — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:23:21 +0000

i think louis black has a relevant bit for this, its the mind f**k parable about the coed [paraphrase] not being able to finish her last semester of college cause of her horse…???

By: The Profit

The Profit — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:17:25 +0000

So the person in charge of comeing up with, enforcing and dictating copyright laws, dont got a computer?
seems odd when most copyright “infringment” is done online.
how can one be in charge of something like this and be so behind the times?
this is like getting a neanderthal to fly a 747, it probably wont work out to well…

By: mt

mt — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:01:03 +0000

Hey HOTI Dave you’re a fucking tool.

By: VasyaDC

VasyaDC — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:24:19 +0000

I work in politics in DC. My boss is a major lobbyist on a host of issues, some of which touch on information technology issues. He doesn’t have a computer at home and needs all of his emails printed out in order to read them.

I wish I could laugh about it, but there’s a huge number of people in this town similarly predisposed against making the miniscule exertion necessary to learn technology that was outdated a decade ago. Most worrying for citizens interested in net neutrality is that computer literacy and political power have a stong inversely correlational relationship.