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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:33PM (#17974533)
Maybe it's time technologists stopped assuming they're the cleverest persons in the room and rectified their ignorance of law and economics before assuming they're in the right about everything. I'm not a fan of onerous copyright legislation but simply asserting that 'information wants to be free' is stating an opinion, not some scientific law. Hackers and developers are just as subject to the Dunning-Kreuger effect as anyone else.
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by wokwokwok on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @07:46PM (#17974634)
My my, its certainly easy to tell people off isn't it?

...but perhaps if instead you offered a compelling argument to the counter?

The EFF has laid out a lot of reasons this is problematic, and they are very familiar with the situation.

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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by anigbrowl on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:27PM (#17975464)
I have offered many such arguments if you would like to peruse my comment history. I've been debating these issued for about 25 years now, and have several friends who work at the EFF.
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by godshatter on Thursday September 13, 2018 @12:05PM (#17979678)
When someone cites the Dunning-Krueger effect, I always wonder if they are a professional psychologist.
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