http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...f-the-road.ars
Kinda sad, coming from those who preach about the importance of freedom and democracy.
Kinda sad, coming from those who preach about the importance of freedom and democracy.
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Re: US, France, UK Declare War on Freedom of the Web
There is no preaching about freedom to steal the property of other people or organizations. Too bad some governments think the internet is a great way to conduct larceny on a grand scale.
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Re: US, France, UK Declare War on Freedom of the Web
Again, I hate to keep beating a dead horse, lol, but this paves the way to stopping the downloading of an .iso, if a company like Microshaft can get a court to accept that the .isos are an reduction of MS's possible income of sales from Windows.
That is the legal reasoning behind the stopping of "music downloads".
The difference here is that this is, again, the interstate commerce clause, but it was previously only "applicable" in the U.S.
If MS argues it the way I think they will, they could say that, according to this new agreement, any upload in ANOTHER country would the be a possible reduction of their income in the U.S.
One must remember that the present U.S. administration has been arguing that U.S. law should be replaced by "international" law.
So, Canonical could be enjoined to not upload .isos because of the possible loss of income to a U.S. company.
If that held, then since the U.S. and "the world" are now in agreement on the "loss of income" idea, then the same would happen to both upload and download in other countries, because....
, if the U.S. is to recognize "international law" then the "international countries" must also recognize U.S. law.
Then the only countries that would be "uploading" isos with impunity would be those not in this new web of laws.
But....their uploads, would still be stopped as a download at the borders of the agreeing countries, and since there would be fewer uploads that would remove the extra burden of Homeland Security having to now also look for "copyright infringement" materials in addition to terrorist activites....
Since the Justice Dept. just a few months ago said that copyright infringement is now a terrorist act.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controv...SA_PATRIOT_Act
just conjecture, but what I think is a possible logical outcome of the reasoning behind the previous and proposed laws.
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