Copyright Laws & Privacy
Posted August 18, 2006 12:35 PM
This isn't a complete thought, however, the more I think about it the more I believe that failure to understand basic copyright principles (or a wanton disregard and disinterest in understanding such principles) leads to invasions of privacy by corporate entities everyday. This isn't even the government we're talking about (and I'm ignoring the COPA DOPA issue altogehter), these are public and private corporations and organizations that are using the copyright statute and DMCA to peer into our private lives.
The question that needs to be answered is what expectation of privacy we have in the information pipeline (the tubes) that come into our homes...?
(ed note: Props to U.S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor on the NSA case)
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