{"id":33204,"date":"2023-01-22T01:26:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-22T01:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-january-15th-21st\/"},"modified":"2023-01-22T01:28:44","modified_gmt":"2023-01-22T01:28:44","slug":"this-week-in-techdirt-history-january-15th-21st","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2023\/01\/22\/this-week-in-techdirt-history-january-15th-21st\/","title":{"rendered":"This Week In Techdirt History: January 15th \u2013 21st"},"content":{"rendered":"

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from the not-so-long-ago<\/i> dept<\/h3>\n

5 Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2018, Rep. Marsha Blackburn was pushing a fake net neutrality law<\/a>, whereas the Senate push to avoid wasting web neutrality was one vote short<\/a>, and lawsuits had been lining up towards the FCC over the repeal: first from 22 state Attorneys General<\/a>, after which from Mozilla and consumer groups like Public Knowledge and Free Press<\/a>. We noticed a couple judges<\/a> smack round a copyright troll<\/a>, whereas the UK was starting an insane intellectual property \u201ceducation\u201d program for grade school kids<\/a>. And, with mainly no debate and no alternative for amendments, the Senate voted to expand NSA surveillance<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ten Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2013, we grappled with the unhappy information of Aaron Swartz\u2019s loss of life the earlier Friday. Mike shared some overarching thoughts<\/a> after which dug into the truth that the case against him was complete garbage<\/a>. We puzzled why the Secret Service had taken over his case two days before he was arrested<\/a>, and famous how somebody who dedicated a litany of actual crimes could have faced less time in prison<\/a>. Tim Wu mentioned the prosecution and the way \u201cunder American law, anyone interesting is a felon\u201d<\/a>, legislation professor James Grimmelmann defined how he probably violated the same laws as Swartz<\/a>, and a few in Congress demanded solutions: Rep. Darrell Issa promised an investigation<\/a> whereas Senator John Cornyn sent some questions to Eric Holder<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Fifteen Years In the past<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in 2008, the sustained failures of DRM had left the copyright industries attempting out new issues, however I wouldn\u2019t name it innovation: as we wrote, digital watermarks were not the answer<\/a>, nor had been the RIAA\u2019s voiceover anti-piracy messages that had been pissing off music reviewers<\/a>. We took a more in-depth have a look at the challenges confronted by a broadcast network like NBC in the digital age<\/a>, whereas Netflix (on the time nonetheless centered on mailing DVDs) took a monumental step and provided an unlimited online streaming package<\/a>, stealing consideration from Apple\u2019s announcement of iTunes film leases and highlighting that model\u2019s big problems<\/a>. In the meantime, in an enormous NY Instances \u201cdebate\u201d collection between Tim Wu and NBC Common\u2019s Common Counsel, we heard unsurprising arguments from the latter about why copy protection is necessary<\/a> and ISPs should filter copyrighted works<\/a>, and an excellent suggestion from the previous about redefining fair use to make it work better<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nFiled Beneath: history<\/a>, look back<\/a>
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