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White House Wants New Copyright Law Crackdown
An anonymous reader writes "The White House is concerned that 'illegal streaming of content' may not be covered by criminal law, saying 'questions have arisen about whether streaming constitutes the distribution of copyrighted works.' To resolve that ambiguity, it wants a new law to 'clarify that infringement by streaming, or by means of other similar new technology, is a felony in appropriate circumstances'""
You're drinking the cool-aid if you think it's progressives leading the charge towards feudalism. Conservative economic policies are what protect the wealthy 'feudal lords' you're talking about. Their regressive tax structures make social mobility much more difficult, which is useful for keeping the wealth concentrated in as few hands as possible. Conservative social policies try to tell women that they don't have control of their bodies, and try to tell everyone what they can or can't do in their bedroom. Conservative educational policies tell you that the bible is a better source of scientific information than experts in the field. Conservative defense policies tell us that warrantless wiretaps against US citizens are OK. Really, the name says it all. Conservative policies try to conserve power for the ruling class. Please provide some sort of example of how progressive policies try to control the population to a greater extent than conservative policies, because I've never heard anyone argue something so absurd before.