Has anyone noticed that the governments proposed legislation to curtail so-called "rogue websites" that deal in counterfeit goods and trademark and copyright violations would put the government in the Righthaven business in a gigantic way?
The government would not have to hold a copyright to close a website for copyright violation, simply establish that the site did not have written permission from the original author to use any part of the work.
Thus quoting a newspaper or TV bit that has said something ranging from egregiously stupid to outright false will get a site shut down and the owner charged with a federal felony. Sounds like a great way to restore the information monopoly the MSM used to have.
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