Corporate abuse of individual freedoms and rights to free speech has gone on long enough. It sickens me to see our American court system squashing the very rights it is admired for worldwide in an effort to line the pockets of a few greedy corporations with extra dollars that they don't even need.
2600 deserves to be scolded for conveying a thinly veiled "f**k the Man" editorial voice, but as has been mentioned before, not at the cost of setting precedent. Others should not have to suffer the disadvantage of precedent in a hypothetical defense against the MPAA when that precedent was set because of a brash and rebellious editorial voice. Shame on our court system for this lack of foresight. 2600's defense was iron-clad, yes, but apparently even an iron-clad defense based on the facts and 1st Amendment doctrine is vulnerable to large-scale credibility and public-relations warfare.
It sucks. It isn't fair. My best suggestion (others have said it, but it bears repeating): Donate to EFF. It's the least you can do, and it's the least that I've done.
-JD
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Corporate abuse of individual freedoms and rights to free speech has gone on long enough. It sickens me to see our American court system squashing the very rights it is admired for worldwide in an effort to line the pockets of a few greedy corporations with extra dollars that they don't even need. 2600 deserves to be scolded for conveying a thinly veiled "f**k the Man" editorial voice, but as has been mentioned before, not at the cost of setting precedent. Others should not have to suffer the disadvantage of precedent in a hypothetical defense against the MPAA when that precedent was set because of a brash and rebellious editorial voice. Shame on our court system for this lack of foresight. 2600's defense was iron-clad, yes, but apparently even an iron-clad defense based on the facts and 1st Amendment doctrine is vulnerable to large-scale credibility and public-relations warfare. It sucks. It isn't fair. My best suggestion (others have said it, but it bears repeating): Donate to EFF. It's the least you can do, and it's the least that I've done. -JD