• @General_Effort
    link
    16 months ago

    Copyright preemption is a long-standing legal doctrine. Congress makes copyright laws. State law and contract law has to give way.

    They can still use EU law to extract money, just not as much.

    I don’t think it’s entirely clear what effect a login-wall would have. Facebook has been quite successful with that technique in the past. So there are some precedents. But I think today there is more understanding for the harmful effects these had.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      16 months ago

      Public communication platforms host the commons of discourse. Enclosing these commons away from us, should be met with savage reprisals.

      • @General_Effort
        link
        36 months ago

        Not saying you’re wrong, but it’s a bit late for that. EG Facebook, Inc. v. Power Ventures, Inc. was decided in 2009. We can only hope that these mistakes are not repeated.

        I don’t understand why people here are so gung-ho on intellectual property. It doesn’t fit with the values that are otherwise espoused here and I worry that it indicates a more general rightward shift in economic policy preference.