Re:YouTube suspends account for linking to a PhD research on...
by int_19h on Thursday April 15, 2021 @07:18PM
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Groups like NRA are as powerful as they are, despite their relatively small membership numbers, because said membership is really dedicated to one particular issue, to the point of coordinated single-issue voting in the primaries. So if you can find enough people who are willing to vote solely on copyright in the primaries, it might actually work.
Re:YouTube suspends account for linking to a PhD research on...
by syshum on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:29PM
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Well the google case put a huge dent in the prevailing idea that Maximum value / profit is the constitutional purpose.
The court clearly held that profitability alone should not be a factor.
Re:YouTube suspends account for linking to a PhD research on...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @01:33PM
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> I doubt you'll ever see the copyright-opening version of the NRA
Corrupt influence-peddling charlatans milking the rubes?
Or was there something else intended by this analogy?
Re:YouTube suspends account for linking to a PhD research on...
by kingsuper20 on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @05:35PM
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Simply that the power of a highly focused group can be remarkable. Substitute 'NRA' for Big Pharma trade organization or Teachers' Union if you like.
“Congress shall have power… to promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.”
As I read it, the law should be formed to maximize progress, not to maximize value of an idea.
But, a large amorphous group of citizens will never overcome a small, highly-concentrated self interested group. I doubt you'll ever see the copyright-opening version of the NRA or SPCA.