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Would President Obama Answer A Question About The DMCA During His Google Hangout?
from the doubtful,-but... dept
If you haven't seen the news yet, President Obama is going to do a Google Hangout on Thursday in which he'll answer some presubmitted questions. The White House and YouTube have set up a ridiculously clumsy submission system, allowing people to submit questions by text or by video and then anyone can vote on them, though browsing the questions or even linking to any particular question appears to take a Herculean effort. That said, a few people have asked some questions about copyright (you can do a search on the submission page). One interesting one, comes from Public Knowledge, in which they directly ask him about fixing the problems with anti-circumvention rules in the DMCA, such as those we've been talking about concerning phone unlocking. That link above should allow you to vote for the question. You can also see the video of the question below. It would be nice to see that question get a lot of votes, and to see if the President would be willing to actually answer the question.
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On a side note, you'd think people would proofread something they're submitting as a question to be answered by the President, but I see a lot of typos.
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Will he understand the question?
Would he even understand the problem? I think not. If he does tackle the question, his answer will most likely have been given to him by his minions.
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Is it any different when reporters ask them questions?
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What I don't get is why people are fussing over the exceptions so much, while really the entire law should be scrapped.
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All those crazy laws sprout from one place.
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Every country has it's idiots, it's just american idiots tend to be a little louder, and so get more attention.
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The past repeats itself...
Same situation. The question will get popular votes, but never referred to in the actual questioning.
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The same can be said for the UK as the British public are the second most stupid nation next to the USA.
Europe is getting that way to it is just taking the people there too see what's happening.
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Youtube: Despicable Me - Minions Singing Banana/Potato Song
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His answer will be something along the lines of...
Has there ever been a point in history where a politician has been challenged on something and they've answered something to the effect of:
Nope, I don't recall either.
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All the time, and it even has a technical definition: flip-flopping.
:)
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" educating yourself and changing" - That would just be a flip, and no flop. :)
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I mean if I tell someone I will do X and then do Y they may not be very happy with me.
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President Obama Does Reddit AMA; Gives Weak Politician's Answer About Internet Freedom
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WTF is a "Google Hangout"?
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Dislike - voting systems with dislike buttons
The way this thing is set up, that may be a good strategy. If a question is hit early with negative votes it seems to keep it from being very visible. I suppose that could work in reverse too, so I guess I'll spend some time hunting down some infant questions I disagree with and trying to kill them (or at least wound them severely).
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Or DOJ employees
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sure, why not try?
But I'm not stupid enough to think he'll give a constructive answer. We need a conversation about this topic, not the standard political non-answer that the president will almost surely give.
Of course, if the president did answer straight about intellectual property matters, it would become clear that he's on the side of Big Content, rather than on the side of consumers. Vice president Biden is practically a wholly owned Disney subsidiary.
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