The libertarian argument against SOPA
Jan. 18th, 2012 05:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elfsSOPA section 104 creates a requirement in law for all sites that provide media archiving or even just comments to actively police the site. Failure to respond to a takedown notice is one thing, but SOPA section 104, which is not limited to "foreign sites," requires that you prevent infringement before it happens and engage in active moderation first or be subject to arbitrary shutdown.
That is a forced taking of my labor-- guard labor, no less!-- to enforce a third party's property rights. From a libertarian standpoint, that's pure evil.
That is a forced taking of my labor-- guard labor, no less!-- to enforce a third party's property rights. From a libertarian standpoint, that's pure evil.
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Date: 2012-01-19 01:45 am (UTC)I also believe that "An `Internet site is dedicated to theft of U.S. property' if...it is an Internet site, or a portion thereof, that is a U.S.-directed site and is used by users within the United States; and...the U.S.-directed site is ... marketed by its operator or another acting in concert with that operator for use in, offering goods or services in a manner that ... enables, or facilitates... a violation of section 501 of title 17, United States Code;" would also cover an email provider.
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Date: 2012-01-19 04:08 am (UTC)- pro-copyright libertarians
- libertarians who think taxing you to hire police is OK but requiring you to enforce the law yourself is OVER THE LINE, MAN
- anyone but a commie using the phrase "guard labor"
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Date: 2012-01-19 04:10 am (UTC)JURY DUTY IS SLAVERY
GUARD LABOR IS JOB CREATION
aaaaaaaah.