Firstly, free speech and blocking spambots are not mutually exclusive. You have the right to speak in the town square, but not nessasarily to bring a giant speaker system.
Second, the rules are very unevenly enforced. Consider the “hacked materials” rule. Hunter Biden’s laptop was censored, but the dozing of libs of TikTok was not even though it linked to a physical address. The laptop wasn’t even “hacked” as it was left with a repairman. You simply cannot deny that twitter intentionally hid information to benefit one candidate over the other. And while they did censor the BLM account, that was a blatantly illegal action,whereas these stories are actually from legitimate news outlets.
Cons:
* No freedom of speech
* Spreads propaganda
* thickens the fog of war
* violates human rights
* crushes dissent if an authoritarian regime
Pros:
* no more TikTok!
Love the update. It still retained the original style but has a more modern feel. Plus you migrated everything. Amazing! Also thanks for keeping the whole article in the RSS feed.
Moral rights: these “rights” are BS. Nobody deserved any rights to things they create. We as a society grant these rights to create economics incentives, nothing more.
Also, what even is the point of a museum if not to spread and share culture.
My hope is that one day we will fix copyright and all this will be in some comedy movie.
Technically they aren't (all) fascists. They are, however, making it impossible to have a conversation because you get your career ruined if you accidentally say the wrong thing. They are censorious totalitarians, not fascists.
I think there is also a copyright angle to this story. Whatever you think about Rogan, its not a good thing that these musicians are using their large catalogs of copyrighted works (which, one might argue, should be in the public domain by now) to attempt to bully companies into de-platforming people. What if some huge artist or label told Google that they had to de-list techdirt or get their music pulled form Google play. This opens the door to a new way using copyright as a tool to bully others.
In my opinion, AT&T removing OANN is a minor for of censorship. The real question is, should they be censored, or at least be deplatformed? I have not actually watched OANN but they have to be morons if they started a cable news network in 2020.
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Sorry, but this is just wrong.
Firstly, free speech and blocking spambots are not mutually exclusive. You have the right to speak in the town square, but not nessasarily to bring a giant speaker system. Second, the rules are very unevenly enforced. Consider the “hacked materials” rule. Hunter Biden’s laptop was censored, but the dozing of libs of TikTok was not even though it linked to a physical address. The laptop wasn’t even “hacked” as it was left with a repairman. You simply cannot deny that twitter intentionally hid information to benefit one candidate over the other. And while they did censor the BLM account, that was a blatantly illegal action,whereas these stories are actually from legitimate news outlets.
Sneaking suspicion
I have a sneaking suspicion that while everyone is watching Ukraine they will try to pass SOPA again or something.
Pros/Cons
Cons: * No freedom of speech * Spreads propaganda * thickens the fog of war * violates human rights * crushes dissent if an authoritarian regime Pros: * no more TikTok!
Mega props.
Love the update. It still retained the original style but has a more modern feel. Plus you migrated everything. Amazing! Also thanks for keeping the whole article in the RSS feed.
Re: Re:
I think you can run windows 1 programs on a win 11 system if you recompile to 32-bit.
Then vs Now
How it started: To promote the progress of science and useful arts…
How it’s going: To promote the profits of megacorps and destroy cultural history.
Banning All Graphic
Next YouTube will ban any graphics from the site. The logo will be removed, then the thumbnails, and eventually, it will become SoundCloud.
So many problems here.
Moral rights: these “rights” are BS. Nobody deserved any rights to things they create. We as a society grant these rights to create economics incentives, nothing more.
Also, what even is the point of a museum if not to spread and share culture.
My hope is that one day we will fix copyright and all this will be in some comedy movie.
Re: Good Point
True. Still, I fear that our perpetual copyright turns culture into a hostage to negotiate with.
Re: Disallowed
Technically they aren't (all) fascists. They are, however, making it impossible to have a conversation because you get your career ruined if you accidentally say the wrong thing. They are censorious totalitarians, not fascists.
Another Angle to this Story
I think there is also a copyright angle to this story. Whatever you think about Rogan, its not a good thing that these musicians are using their large catalogs of copyrighted works (which, one might argue, should be in the public domain by now) to attempt to bully companies into de-platforming people. What if some huge artist or label told Google that they had to de-list techdirt or get their music pulled form Google play. This opens the door to a new way using copyright as a tool to bully others.
Thoughts on OANN
In my opinion, AT&T removing OANN is a minor for of censorship. The real question is, should they be censored, or at least be deplatformed? I have not actually watched OANN but they have to be morons if they started a cable news network in 2020.