Posted on 10/10/2015 10:18:25 AM PDT by blam
Tyler Durden
10/09/2015
The very foundation of the free Internet is under severe threat from copyright laws that could ban independent media outlets, according to Matt Drudge. "I had a Supreme Court Justice tell me it’s over for me,” said Drudge, warning web users that they were being pushed "pawn-like" into the cyber "ghettos" of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
As DCClothesline.com reports,
During an appearance on the Alex Jones Show, Drudge asserted that copyright laws which prevent websites from even linking to news stories were being advanced.
“I had a Supreme Court Justice tell me it’s over for me,” said Drudge. “They’ve got the votes now to enforce copyright law, you’re out of there. They’re going to make it so you can’t even use headlines.”
“To have a Supreme Court Justice say to me it’s over, they’ve got the votes, which means time is limited,” he added, noting that a day was coming when simply operating an independent website could be outlawed.
“That will end (it) for me – fine – I’ve had a hell of a run,” said Drudge, adding that web users were being pushed into the cyber “ghettos” of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
“This is ghetto, this is corporate, they’re taking your energy and you’re getting nothing in return – nothing!”
Watch the full interview below...
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(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
Its over for us as well.
Uh, turn into a vanity rant forum?
But we never heard this because Drudge said it to the EVIL Alex Jones when Drudge stopped by Jones’ studio in Austin, TX.
There may be an article out there.
Can’t tell you who published it.
Can’t tell you where it is.
Can’t mention the topic.
Can’t tell you what it said.
Look for it. You’ll see what I mean.
and the HuffyPost as wellas the DemRatunderGround.
He`s definitely done well for himself. He`s worth around 200 million or so.
Orrrrr... Everyone turns into a citizen journalist and writes their own news stories on their own blog, which is then linked here. And a certain FReeper will have his knickers in a knot on a daily basis.
FR will survive, because there will be news and commentary providers that welcome being linked to.
“No links” already exists, in effect, with regard to paid-subscription websites.
LOL
The GOP snakes welcome SECRET “treaties” and vote
them again and again and again.
Perhaps, Americans will finally get to read them
under the watchful eye of the UN Law Enforcement
in their towns and cities, soon.
The only reason I go to some of those lame stream rags is because they’re linked from FR or Drudge.
Without the hits, those rags will go under as well.
SCOTUS doesn’t hold sway over the foreign press, so that will just give them a larger audience.
Offshore servers. Proxies to hide IP addresses. TOR browsers (among other tools).
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? ;)
Don’t know if Alex Jones is evil or not, but he’s certainly a nutcase. A 9-11 “truther,” etc.
Yes, good point.
I doubt that would last long. Some government agency could simply come to Free Republic for a new list of people to take down each day.
That would last about a week.
...and the HuffyPost as well as the DemRatunderGround...
Probably not. Exceptions will be made for fringe lunatic liberal sites because the rules are always different for leftists.
Snicker
We ignore it & then we mount up if one of us gets attacked, like the folks did for the rancher. Honestly, I believe if Trump is elected President he will repeal this law.
I must say, this the very first time in my life I’ve heard of a breaking news tip attributed to a Supreme Court Justice, even unnamed.
For that alone, never mind the claimed destruction of copyright law, I call bull.
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