Question Copyright – when copying is outlawed, only outlaws will have culture
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when copying is outlawed, only outlaws will have culture
As we’ve pointed out before, copyright began as a compromise censorship law, and is still frequently used as a means of censorship today.
The U.S. Senate is not being overly subtle about it lately, either. The so-called “ SMART Copyright Act of 2022 ” would effectively force online platforms to use content-monitoring software designated by the U.S. Copyright Office to detect user-uploaded content that some monopolist asserts violates their monopoly. Well, technically, the platforms aren’t required to use the content-monitoring software — they would just face absurdly, existentially high penalties if they were found guilty of copyright infring
Question Copyright – when copying is outlawed, only outlaws will have culture
Long Term Memory