I am optimistic
I am very optimistic that the greater internet community as a whole can do a far better job writing fair and just laws than our current political royalty.
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The thing is, there are a lot more people with a good deal of political experience on Reddit than many people realize. Many of them have left politics simply because they were so disgusted by the...
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I love the fact that you have people trolling, and trying to disrupt, this effort over on REDDIT. I think Hollywood is going to get very scared as this effort continues forward. Funny, Hollywood's...
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How are the congress critters going to get their hands grease by lobbyist with out the major corporations writing the laws?
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The Conventions of a number of the States having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory...
View ArticleFree internet you say?
Wanna free Internet? Don't relay on any legislation - form a group of technical experts and try to think of ways how to make Internet even more decentralized, with transparent end-to-end encryption, no...
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I think Reddit would first do better writing legislation that reduces copy protection lengths. Such an effort would receive a wide audience of support and would be much easier to implement and if they...
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It sure seems like anything can happen now that we've seen legislation derailed by Internet activism. I was talking to my sister-in-law about SOPA/PIPA when she was here for Christmas about our...
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Well I am sure the internet community as a whole can do a better job than our current politicians. But, then again a retarded monkey banging on a typewriter could do better than our current politicians.
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Sorry but once you have people's attention you need to run with it. Shoot big. Because in a month or two PPL will go back to their tweets, tubes, books, and forget all about it. I hope I am wrong. I...
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Some good legislation is one thing. But I have long thought what we really need is an Information Bill of Rights.
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I suggested this very concept a few days ago in another article. Glad to see someone is running with it. (Not to imply that I was the one that caused it.) As for getting things passed... If the...
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Are you suggesting we find a technical solution that prevents harm instead of forming a law that only punishes the bad actors after they've done harm? Crazy! You've got the right idea there. Laws are...
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this is exactly what Wyden etc should be doing, not pissing about trying to make a previous piece of shit better! as long as it's kept sensible and serious, perhaps he and his ilk can keep track of...
View ArticleO brave new world!
I always had a vague suspicion that something like this was possible. When I was involved in student activism, I felt that I was just adding one to the power base controlled by the student activist...
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