Re:Twitter Loses 'Occupy Wall Street' Case, Forced To Hand O...
by ramblerman on Tuesday July 03, 2012 @01:46AM
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Logical only if you follow the analogy of screaming out of a window. It's a smart analogy because superficially it seems identical.
The tweeters in Tahrir square however would have got killed had they screamed out of a window. Twitter gave them a public forum and anonimity. A completely novel concept, and one that deserves a more careful ruling than this brash analogy.
It's the same simpleton internet to real world translation the MPA/RIAA use to equate "file sharing" to physical theft. It's an easy analogy to pull the wool over the eyes of less technically inclined individuals.
The tweeters in Tahrir square however would have got killed had they screamed out of a window. Twitter gave them a public forum and anonimity. A completely novel concept, and one that deserves a more careful ruling than this brash analogy.
It's the same simpleton internet to real world translation the MPA/RIAA use to equate "file sharing" to physical theft. It's an easy analogy to pull the wool over the eyes of less technically inclined individuals.