We have in the USA state control of the media, and as a Soviet once told me, in USSR you can go to prison for what you write, but in USA you can write what you want, but if it is contrary to the party line, it will not get distributed.
Many believe the internet freed ideas, but it is now clear that the powers that be own the means of production: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, etc. The lies about the wars in the middle east are spread in this putative free market of ideas. Feinstein wants to define "reporter."
We have copyright laws to keep people from stealing ideas. Plagiarism can cost you your career, unless you are a regime member, like Joe Biden or Delores Kearn Goodwin, but it is not a crime. Note that excellent example of anarchy in action: copyright violation is something you can litigate and settle, but plagiarism is punished by the community, in the measure people assess your offense. NO court will hear a plagiarism case, it is dealt with in the court of public opinion.
So here is the curious contradiction: The regime touts copyright law as a bulwark of our system, yet their media outlets all reports the exact same thing at the exact same time. For the vast majority of what is distributed as media in USA, the content is canned wonder bread. The regime depends on plagiarism to keep the USA on topic, everyone copying everyone else, slapping their ByLine on one Press Release. Why does a regime that so despises originality so tout copyright law?
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Many believe the internet freed ideas, but it is now clear that the powers that be own the means of production: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, etc. The lies about the wars in the middle east are spread in this putative free market of ideas. Feinstein wants to define "reporter."
We have copyright laws to keep people from stealing ideas. Plagiarism can cost you your career, unless you are a regime member, like Joe Biden or Delores Kearn Goodwin, but it is not a crime. Note that excellent example of anarchy in action: copyright violation is something you can litigate and settle, but plagiarism is punished by the community, in the measure people assess your offense. NO court will hear a plagiarism case, it is dealt with in the court of public opinion.
So here is the curious contradiction: The regime touts copyright law as a bulwark of our system, yet their media outlets all reports the exact same thing at the exact same time. For the vast majority of what is distributed as media in USA, the content is canned wonder bread. The regime depends on plagiarism to keep the USA on topic, everyone copying everyone else, slapping their ByLine on one Press Release. Why does a regime that so despises originality so tout copyright law?
Feel free to forward this by email to three of your friends.
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