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`Da Elf<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ErickaSimone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.es/@sergiodeprado" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sergiodeprado</span></a></span> </p><p>I lived in Redwood City and walked over while the feds took Napster apart. Sat on a sheriff's car and drank 32oz of Vodka and orange juice while I watched (<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RIAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIAA</span></a> / <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MPAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAA</span></a>) assholes take apart a network that wasn't illegal.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Law</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bullshit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bullshit</span></a>. </p><p>Fun stuff that day. /s</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>movies</span></a></p>
José Murilo<p>2004: "The Ninth Circuit had interpreted <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/Betamax" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Betamax</a> to protect the <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/filesharing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#filesharing</a> companies. The <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/RIAA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIAA</a> &amp; <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/MPAA" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MPAA</a> were never going to leave that precedent alone; the technology industry and the <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/EFF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EFF</a> and <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/MarkCuban" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarkCuban</a>, too, were not going to leave this issue alone, either." <a href="https://www.theverge.com/c/24239057/music-license-grokster-legal-lawsuit-2004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.theverge.com/c/24239057/m...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/c/24239057/music-license-grokster-legal-lawsuit-2004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The year of the music licensin...</a></p>
Ecologia Digital<p>#2004: "The Ninth Circuit had interpreted Betamax to protect the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/filesharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filesharing</span></a> companies. The <a href="https://mato.social/tags/RIAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RIAA</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mato.social/tags/MPAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAA</span></a> were never going to leave that precedent alone; the technology industry and the <a href="https://mato.social/tags/EFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EFF</span></a> and <a href="https://mato.social/tags/MarkCuban" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkCuban</span></a>, too, were not going to leave this issue alone, either. No matter who won or lost, the Supreme Court had to settle the principle once and for all."<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theverge.space/actor/sarah_jeong" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sarah_jeong</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mato.social/tags/MGMvsGrokster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MGMvsGrokster</span></a><br><a href="https://www.theverge.com/c/24239057/music-license-grokster-legal-lawsuit-2004" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/c/24239057/music-</span><span class="invisible">license-grokster-legal-lawsuit-2004</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Movie industry demands US law requiring ISPs to block <a href="https://mas.to/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> websites <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/mpaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mpaa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/isp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isp</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dmca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dmca</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2016175" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechnica.com/?p=2016175</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p>The Motion Picture Association Doesn’t Get to Decide Who the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstAmendment</span></a> Protects </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/mpaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mpaa</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/1stamendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>1stamendment</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span></p><p><a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2024/04/mpa-</span><span class="invisible">doesnt-get-decide-who-first-amendment-protects</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> FCC commissioner: Warcraft is a “leading cause” of college dropouts <a href="https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/fcc-blames-world-of-warcraft-for-college-dropouts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnet.com/tech/services-and-sof</span><span class="invisible">tware/fcc-blames-world-of-warcraft-for-college-dropouts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://official.resource.org/@carlmalamud" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>carlmalamud</span></a></span>, <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/RogueArchivist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RogueArchivist</span></a>, in Wired <a href="https://www.wired.com/2008/12/online-rebel-publishes-millions-of-dollars-in-u-s-court-records-for-free/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wired.com/2008/12/online-rebel</span><span class="invisible">-publishes-millions-of-dollars-in-u-s-court-records-for-free/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> Apple gets into the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> business <a href="https://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/apple-forfeits-ebooks-by-banning-a-comic-book/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mikecane2008.wordpress.com/200</span><span class="invisible">8/08/26/apple-forfeits-ebooks-by-banning-a-comic-book/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/15yrsago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>15yrsago</span></a> <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MPAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAA</span></a> to Obama: censor the Internet, kick people off the Internet, break other countries’ Internet <a href="https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/12/mpaa-obama" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eff.org/deeplinks/2008/12/mpaa</span><span class="invisible">-obama</span></a></p><p>5/</p>
guyinahat<p>When the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mp3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mp3</span></a> showed up you could hardly find music on that format. I used to play my cassettes on to a speaker glued to a tube onto a microphone so I could record the music into mp3s and then share them on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kazaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kazaa</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICQ</span></a></p><p>That was true freedom. You could play the music and no asshole <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mpaa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mpaa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/evilfuck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evilfuck</span></a> up in their pile of cash needed to know anything.</p>