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The Best and Worst US Internet Laws

Posted by kdawson on from the rhymes-with-shoeless dept.

An anonymous reader writes "When a US legislator describes the Internet as a 'series of tubes' you just know that you're going to end up with some wacky laws on the books. Law professor Eric Goldman takes a look at the best and worst Internet laws in the U.S. Goldman offers an analysis of the biggies such as the DMCA, but also shines light on lesser-known laws like the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002. And he actually finds four Internet laws that aren't all bad."

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  1. Best and worst? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Aritcle headline incorrect.

    Should read:

    The Worst and Least Worst of US Internet laws

  2. He couldn't have made a worse description by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Tubes! The naive old fool!

    Every geek on this site knows that the Internet is actually a series of pipes.

    In the case of the main backbones, great big fat pipes!

  3. Re:attn slashdot, I have a penis by Calydor · · Score: 4, Funny

    I see your penis has been rated redundant. How does that make you feel?

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  4. Yeah, what kind of idiot would you.. by mikkelm · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. have to be to use "series of tubes" as an analogy for the Internet? What's next? Buffering? Routing? Flow control? HAH! Ignorant politicians.