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A Look At Joe Biden's Tech Voting Record

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-did-he-invent-the-internet? dept.

Aviran brings us an analysis of Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden's voting record on technology issues. CNet breaks down the issues by category and provides details on the tech-related legislation he's introduced in the past several years. Biden received a score of 37.5% on CNet's 2006 technology voter guide. We've discussed the technology stances of McCain and Obama in the past.

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  1. Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "By choosing Joe Biden as their vice presidential candidate, the Democrats have selected a politician with a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders, who ranks toward the bottom of CNET's Technology Voters' Guide, and whose anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP."

    That's the original post title and post by Aviran that's merely alluded to here... why the need to neutralize it? Would you have neutralized it for a Republican candidate?

  2. Re:"Joe Biden has strong anti-piracy record" by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Look:

    http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/indus.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00001669

    Examining the top industry contributions to Biden, there is a TV/movies/music presence there, but it's less than a 20th of his top contributor. Also note that the RIAA/MPAA doesn't even rate a mention in the individual company contributors.

    Basically, it looks like he formulated that opinion on IP without ... outside help.

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    You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.