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@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org • 1 year ago

Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says

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Elon Musk’s X can’t invent its own copyright law, judge says

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@sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Technology@beehaw.org • 1 year ago
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Judge rules copyright law governs public data scraping, not X’s terms.
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    Judge Alsup isn’t wrong. Yet Disney routinely writes its own copyright laws and has Congress pass them. Musk is just trying to cut out the middle step.

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      disney isn’t inventing laws; congress is passing laws, which is how it’s supposed to work.

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        https://publicintegrity.org/politics/state-politics/copy-paste-legislate/you-elected-them-to-write-new-laws-theyre-letting-corporations-do-it-instead/

        https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/clients/bills?cycle=2021&id=D000000128#:~:text=Walt Disney Co spent $4345000 lobbying in 2021. See the bills it lobbied.

        • katy ✨
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          lobbying has been how laws get passed for years; it’s how most civil rights got passed.

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            Choosing to miss the forest for the trees here, I see. Being pedantic only brings something to the table if someine doesn’t know the details you’re being a pedant over.

            Everybody here knows that legislative bodies pass laws.

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      Do you mind elaborating?

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        https://artrepreneur.com/journal/disney-copyright-enters-public-domain/

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