This Week In Techdirt History: January 12th – 18th
from the so-it-went dept
Five Years Ago
This week in 2020, an excellent piece in the New York Times looked how years of copyright maximalism were killing pop music. AG William Barr was sparring with Apple over the DOJ’s ability to crack iPhones, and Devin Nunes was extending his legal threats to fellow congressional representatives. We looked at the implications of Chrome’s move to stomp out third party cookies, and at another example from YouTube about how content moderation at scale is impossible. Also, we were very disappointed to see Larry Lessig file a SLAPP suit.
Ten Years Ago
This week in 2015, Hollywood privately acknowledged that its six strikes program wasn’t having much impact, the Chilling Effects archive of DMCA takedowns deleted itself from Google, and we received a legal threat from a Linux developer for our reporting on the bogus YouTube takedowns he issues. The FCC announced plans to raise the definition of broadband to a minimum of 25 Mbps, the USTR was still insisting that listening to the public is the same thing as transparency, and the DOJ got involved in the trademark dispute over the Washington Redskins.
Fifteen Years Ago
This week in 2010, we looked at the still-developing impact of the FTC’s disclosure rules for online endorsements. We also examined why big corporations wanted to keep ACTA negotiations secret, and tried to read between the lines of what was going on with the agreement. BREIN shut down hundreds of torrent websites that apparently nobody ever used, Grooveshark was sued yet again in a continuing trend of negotiation-via-lawsuit, and record labels were demanding cash from the founders of The Pirate Bay. But amidst all this, in a pleasant surprise, the administrator of OiNK was found not guilty.
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So..How does Tiktok’s possible ban affect the third circuit case involving them, exactly? If at all?
On a less court-oriented note, I’m genuinely curious how the concept of decentralized or self-moderating(?) platforms akin to Bluesky or Mastodon would function without 230. I imagine any platform that utilizes user-made moderation would be a pretty unique situation in such a world.
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You imagine the loss of 230 far too much.
“He who worries before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.” -Seneca
Look up “anticipatory anxiety.”
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Blame those who have explained how much of an apocalyptic threat its repeal would be for the internet.
“If they repeal this law then everything that is the internet will stop existing” is not something easy to not think about.
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230 is too important to be done away with so easily. It would crash the economy. Trump’s handlers wouldn’t be so stupid. Congress wouldn’t be so stupid. But even if they are, there would be a backlash of such significance that the midterms would see the Democrats return to the House and Senate. How it affects you would be miniscule compared to the impact it would have on society and the repercussions for whomever goes along with it. Ironically, greed would save us, as it has at other times. It’s the one thing that you can rely on in a corrupt capitalist oligarchy. If it’s more financially viable for the billionaires to keep 230, it will be fine, regardless of what posturing politicians do.
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👍
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Nobody’s to blame for your malignant behavior but yourself.
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and they are going to keep doing this cuase there not getting punished for it
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Blame those who have explained how much of an apocalyptic threat its repeal would be for the internet.
Ok, there’s a thing as exaggeration. Those people are a grand example.
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There’s also a good deal of people on Bluesky who think a section 230 repeal would be a good idea.
..Then again, much like any social media website, shouldn’t take what a bunch of uninformed non-lawmakers (let alone law experts) say.
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Like antivaxxism, anti-230 types split into two groups – frauds hoping to profit off of selling those lies, and the ignorant masses who fall for it.
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Dear MIKE! Please put TECHDIRT on TOR as an ONION site. THIS WAY it cannot be CENSORED by ISPS or THE upCOMING ADministratION
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jesus shut up bro
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you deserve the title of doomposter since you never shut the fuck up about
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While your concern is understandable, I don’t think they require you telling them to do anything. I think TD will take whatever action they need to, if they ever need to.
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Plus, Trump doesn’t even know of techdirt.
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But still, they can take whatever action, if needed.
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are you the doom poster
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No.
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sorry if am randomly saying that as am getting annoyed with these misery spam comments
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To be fair, while some are genuine for the most part (though annoying), others like this one (putting TD on TOR) are definite doomposting (even if it’s a good idea, in all fairness).
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Trump will destroy Democracy and it’s only a few days until he ascends to the highest office in the land 😧
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so now wasting people’s time with more doomposting
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cuase i feel like your trying to flood the comment section with your misery posts
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You severely overestimate the power of the president lmao.
Go somewhere else with your shenanigans goober.
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Honestly, it’s getting annoying.
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bruh they keep doing this and now there using the i’m a realist excuse to spew misery spam
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When trump dies, “ascending” is the opposite of what he’ll be doing.
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If he dies, then Vance just ascends to the Highest Office in the Land, and he’s even more dangerous and immoral than Trump.
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so you’re the doomposter that annoys people by spamming misery posts like you did like 3 times
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I’m just a realist, and so so so very depressed about what awaits us. America is a Fallen Nation.
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“I’m just a realist” doomposter excuse
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so your just using an excuse to misery spam that’s sad
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your name shall be the misery troll
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You can call me whatever you like, but I’m too scared and cowed to take direction, which I fear is our only hope. It’s about to get really, really bad. Like extraordinarily bad for anyone in this country who isn’t fash 🙁
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Your spamming makes things worse.
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And you’re functionally helping the fascists by doomposting and making their rise and dominance seem inevitable and unstoppable. If you’re not going to help your own cause, at least stop helping theirs. You’re like an Axis radio personality broadcasting in English to demoralize the troops.