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by brmj 5257 days ago
I reject as false the idea that copyright is desirable.

Assuming that it is desirable, I reject as false the idea that copyright infringement on the internet is a special problem in need of an individual solution.

Assuming that copyright infringement on the internet is a special problem in need of an individual solution, I reject as false the idea that the DMCA is insufficient.

From where I'm standing, this looks like the entertainment industry trying to get congress to prop up their obsolete business model, not a flawed attempt at solving a legitimate problem.

1 comments

Hear hear! The next step is NOT "craft an alternative", but rather define the problem. After that, let's see the step of demonstrating harm from the newly-defined problem.