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US Copyright Czar Cozied Up To Content Industry
Nemesisghost writes "According to emails obtained via a Freedom of Information request, the U.S. Copyright Czar played an important role in brokering the deals between ISPs and copyright holders to punish subscribers whose IP addresses participated in copyright infringement. From the article: 'The records show the government clearly had a voice in the closed-door negotiations, though it was not a signatory to the historic accord, which isn’t an actual government policy. ... [T]he communications show that a wide range of officials — from Vice President Joe Biden’s deputy chief of staff Alan Hoffman, the Justice Department’s criminal chief Lanny Breuer to copyright czar Victoria Espinel — were in the loop well ahead of the accord’s unveiling. "These kind of backroom voluntary deals are quite scary, particularly because they are not subject to judicial review. I wanted to find out what role the White House has played in the negotiation, but unfortunately, the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) withheld key documents that would shed further light on it," Soghoian said when asked why he sought the documents.'"
Much, much, much, much, much better than the alternative. Far from ideal, yes, but so much better than our only alternative as to not even merit discussion. We can only that some day soon the GOP will be dead and buried, and we can create a new party to the left of the Dems. I've long since abandoned the notion of the American system ever having more than two parties, so the only option is to kill the worse of the two and in doing so create room for one that might actually look out for us.
You're either a fool or a liar. If it's the former, I suggest you turn off Fox News and try to find the truth for once. They are lying to you. If you yourself are one of the liars, I suggest you go eat the barrel of a shotgun. Seriously. We're better off with you gone.