Comment on US Trade Dominance Will Soon Begin to Crack
hitstun@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
This article is saying other countries should repeal their equivalents to the DMCA’s anti-curcumvention, just like Cory Doctorow says, and I agree too. The whole reason those counties passed DMCA-like laws was that we threatened to tariff them is they don’t. Well, now we’re tariffing them anyway. We’re no longer holding up our end of the bargain, and neither should anyone else.
Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
Yes absolutely. Not even repeal the laws, just quietly stop enforcing them and look away while loudly whistling. Doing anything officially will only anger the bully. Just count on the bully’s short attention span and inattention to detail.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure that’s the best solution, as if the law exists on the books companies will lobby fiercely to have it enforced. Definitely better than the status quo though.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 2 weeks ago
The worst thing about unenforced laws is their ability to be selectively enforced against only the people the government doesn’t like.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah that too, like those absurd loitering laws, like what even is loitering??