Posted on 10/06/2015 11:36:40 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
Circulating on the web tonight:
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!”
Once again stepping on freedom of speech.
Facebook can be used for good. I post articles there as well as here. And it’s a great way to coordinate joint action. People are coordinating to protest Obama’s trip to Roseburg Friday. We can use it against the left.
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We know Free Republic is at the very least scanned by the Big Media, I have seen us be parroted by the Alphabet Soup Networks.
You know we are the Stasi's Target list as well.
For it to be like the 1930’s...
Well, we’d have to have a country announcing its desire to destroy the Jews and have huge economic problems facing all nations and be on the verge of economic meltdown in the USA with high unemployment....
Oh.....
Couldn’t Drudge just pay the link fees like other suppliers and mitigate this?
A friend of mine made a fake FB (I have no idea how you even do that)....she said within MINUTES a list of people she knew (family/coworkers) popped up as *people you may want to follow*...or what ever they lead/suggest call it on FB.
Freaky.
Yep, they long for the days when the public discourse was so much more “civil.”
China and Russia will go along with the censorship because they want to control their own populations.
Iceland, Norway, and most other countries will fully cooperate with the U.S. in any investigation/prosecution. Even if you move overseas, most nations will give you up to the U.S. for extradition.
So, yes, it really is a problem if Drudge is correct.
it’s a crazy world we live in!
Belize has nicer weather.
So, what of the ethical rules that a judge should not be opining on a case before it is brought before them and the evidence is presented with legal arguments as to the application of law?
The Supreme Court Justice nominees use that excuse during confirmation to avoid answering questions, why is it all right for them to opine on matter not yet before them once they are on the bench?
Also, if they are so busy with their current case load, how can they have time to poll the court members about cases not before them?
I think the Justices who have opined about this issue that is not before them must recuse themselves - but we all know the answer to that, don’t we?
We have no due process, we have no Constitution, and we have not moral background to continue to run as a republic.
Any "news" outlet, by definition, distributes NEWS. When that distribution is self-restricted, then it is not ME with the head in the sand. It is the news organization talking from a dark hole in the sand. And most of these want you to sign up to get their news...putting their profits ahead of the definition of their profession. I CHOOSE not to support such "news" outlets. I do not avoid listening to news...I CHOOSE to frequent ALL news sources that are open and not self-restricting...and I CHOOSE not to frequent a "news organization" that demonstrates self-imposed restriction of news.
The introduction of ultra restrictive “copy right” laws will
spawn a for-profit surveillance state, driven by trial lawyers and social media monopolists.
Beeee, Esssssss.
When I was a child in the late 40’s and 50’s, and into the 60’s, the Big Three networks controlled all the information the American people received. Cable and the internet put an end to that, and we are much better informed now than we were.
I haven’t studied this issue at all, but superficially I think this means, if implemented, instead of Drudge and the like, there will have to be conservative versions of the Huffington Post, with it’s own reporters and news stories. Science reporters can give “the other” side of global warming, abortion gov’t regulation, etc. Forgetting that the Huffington Post is liberal, it isn’t that bad as a place where libs can go to get their talking points.
We need one, regardless. Interested?
The last time I was there (years ago) they had just put up
a sign off option on one of the pages. It wasn’t real easy
to see (by design, I think). For a long time, there was NO
way out that I could see. - I deleted all my “friends”,
didn’t “unfriend” them; just deleted. Probably didn’t have to do that; but I’d had some problems. Some of the
“friends” requests turned out to be sort of suspect. One
girl wrote asking me to meet her for a date. (I’ve been
married 51 years to a MAN! - and hadn’t done anything to
indicate I wanted a date with ANYONE!) - When I started
getting “friend” requests, I was afraid I might hurt
someone’s feelings if I told them NO. . and many of the
girls I’d gone to school with had married and had name
changes. After 40 or 50 years, you don’t always remember
classmates. - It has been a relief. I tried to do a
“status update” every so often; but, frankly, I don’t
really think most “friends” give a flying flip about
anyone else’s “status”. Facebook CAN eat up a lot of time
& if I want to correspond with anyone, there’s always the
U.S. Post Office or e-mail. - My work has decreased in
recent years; so I have to make an effort to find
something to occupy myself - or else take a NAP!
It’s not going to happen. They entire idea of hyperlinks is that the owner of the intellectual property retains complete control over it, while the link merely drives legitimate interest to the IP.
Nobody loses.
It amounts to saying, “You can go ahead and say what you want, you just can’t tell anybody else where you said it, and nobody else can tell anybody where you said it either.”
I wouldn’t put anything past the team of monkeys that currently fling poo from their bench every October, but this will kill 1A.
Jim, correct me if I’m wrong, but don’t you already prohibit linking from FR to any website which asks that you do so??
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