Thoughts on SOPA from New Orleans
In which Hank walks around the French Quarter and discusses the freaking sweet internet blackout that resulted in a great number of congresspeople dropping their support for SOPA and PIPA. The internet is coming into it’s own as a powerful political force, and just in time to face serious threats.
Note: All buskers in this video received at least a $5 tip. Posting a video of a busker is a really interesting intellectual property discussion, actually. If I were to take 20 videos of that one man band and create a YouTube channel all about him and then make a bunch of money off of it and not give him any, that would clearly be wrong, but it would not (as far as I can tell) be illegal. He’s performing in a public space and I am thus allowed to record him. It’s another example of the rule “don’t be a dick” being far more important than any law congress can pass on copyright reform.
We are entering a brave new world here, thank you for standing up for the internet, helping to defeat SOPA and PIPA, and thinking deeply about these issues.
Man I wish there was a transcription of this video……
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