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Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by thefounder on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:17PM (#24990941)
For some reasons dmca/drm is never part of political campaigns. I wonder why
Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by chmod775 on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:16PM (#24991531)
Because neither rights holders nor politicians want people to think about DRM and copyright too much.

If those laws/rights actually became campaign issues or were uniformly enforced, the whole thing would quickly collapse.

Due to the scale on which people ignore these laws this would result in having to fine/punish/demand damages from at least a third of the (US, or anywhere really) population. Think about how long those laws would survive if you did that.

Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by reaperducer on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:18PM (#24990973)
Because political campaigns tend to be about the economy and other things of more immediate impact.
Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by laumars on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @12:23PM (#24991020)
They tend to be about popular topics. Sometimes that overlaps with the categories you’ve described and sometimes it doesn’t.
Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by tyre on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:45PM (#24991790)
because people don't vote based on that.

For whom would that be a larger issue than racial discrimination, economic inequality, COVID, gun rights, or abortion access?

Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by Aerroon on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @05:10PM (#24993562)
Wouldn't it actually fall under the umbrella of economic inequality?
Re:Kim Dotcom can be extradited to US but can also appeal by mr_toad on Wednesday November 04, 2020 @01:21PM (#24991573)
Because the RIAA donates to both parties?