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Democrat Win May Be Good News For Internet Policy
Null Nihils writes "Following the pivotal U.S. Midterm elections, things look hopeful for a free and open Internet, but the likelihood of progress in terms of copyright and privacy legislation is still uncertain. At any rate, it isn't hard to see a shift in U.S. information technology policy coming over the horizon. Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), strong supporters for Net Neutrality, will most likely take command of Internet policy, but Democrat commitments regarding privacy, data retention, and digital copyright have yet to be made certain. A C|Net article discusses the likely shift in priorities at Capitol Hill. 'If (Democrat Rick) Boucher gets the nod as chairman, a broadcast flag becomes far less likely and changes to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anti-circumvention sections become politically feasible ... If Rep. Howard Berman, however, gets the job, the recording industry and motion picture industry will have a staunch ally as subcommittee chairman.'"
Why is Slashdot so damn US-centric? Are does anyone else outside the USA really care for the political propaganda crap on Slashdot?
But does anyone outside the US really care for the propaganda crap, day in, day out, as elections draw nearer? I thought Slashdot was trying to aim for an international audience? P.S. What has happened to the buttons at the bottom of posts (i.e. "parent", "reply", etc)? Is Slashdot broken?
Not only that...
"Democrat" is not an adjective, and there is no "Democrat party",
however much talk-radio fatties and the losing, indicted politicians
they support, would like us to believe otherwis.
The headline on the original article said "Democrats'" with an
apostrophe, which was correct. If the Slashdot editor didn't like
using the possessive in the heading, then "Democratic" is the right
word. That adjective comes directly from name of the party, the
"Democratic Party".
A scrupulous Slashdot editor would fix the headline.
community. the