RIAA-led mob threatens innovation, Senator warns
2011-10-19 11:35 by Daniela Tags: RIAA
Ron Wyden, the senior Democratic senator for Oregon told delegates at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco thatattempts by the content industry to pass legislation like the Protect IP Act are the greatest threat to technology innovation. "Social media needs to understand what the threat is, the threat to innovation of some of these policies," he said. "We're going to have to fight back. This is a question of whether the content sector can use the government as club to go after the innovation sector and everything it represents." "Citizens United basically took the doors off the democratic process. The idea that powerful special interests, across the board, doesn't even have to identify itself when spending these huge sums is a moral blot." Read more -here-
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