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"Romney is simply the better bet for a free Internet." Didn't Romney say something to the effect of 'Porn should be banned on the internet'?
by wrathsu 14y ago
"Romney is simply the better bet for a free Internet."
Didn't Romney say something to the effect of 'Porn should be banned on the internet'?
- smashing 14y agoDigital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)[1]: Signed into law by President Clinton on October 28, 1998. I don't care what your politics are but the Democratic party is not the party that wants to stop the Republicans[2] from shutting down the Internet as we know it. Most people on HN probably think they do, however. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... [2] This presupposes that the Republican Party want to shut down freedom on the Internet.
- TylerE 14y agoFor all the blather that gets thrown around about the DMCA, the safe harbor provision is what basically allows a large number of the biggest sites on the internet to operate. Do you think we would have a YouTube without it?
- sampsonjs 14y agoWho knew the DMCA banned porn? Not me, that's for sure!
- smashing 14y agoIf the porn is copyrighted then the DMCA will allow the content owners to send a DMCA notice for each copyright infringement. That's the law and now you know it.