Oh gosh, I just started typing out a response. The. Started sourcing and realized this would take me a ton of time. There are a lot of people way more educated on this, especially the actual potential legal outcomes if this is tried.
I am going to wait to see if someone more knowledgeable chimes in before going through the effort of making a well sourced and researched response.
Well I apparently wasn’t paying attention and the case that most were sweating about was settled in the Supreme Court earlier this year. Gonzalez V. Google.
There is also this case that seems destined to go to the Supreme Court. I think some worry that eventually if congress doesn’t rewrite the laws the SC will feel the need to. Laws have finesse, SC decisions generelly have larger impact as they unravel a bunch or interconnected laws until new legislation is passed. A court decision could overnight mean everyone who hosts content is then liable, I don’t think I have to explain to see how that will go sideways for any smaller players on the web.
How so? Honest question
Oh gosh, I just started typing out a response. The. Started sourcing and realized this would take me a ton of time. There are a lot of people way more educated on this, especially the actual potential legal outcomes if this is tried.
I am going to wait to see if someone more knowledgeable chimes in before going through the effort of making a well sourced and researched response.
Sharing links works, too, if typing the response is too much work
Well I apparently wasn’t paying attention and the case that most were sweating about was settled in the Supreme Court earlier this year. Gonzalez V. Google.
But there are a number of worrying bills introduced to Congress recently like the CASE-IT ACT the See Something, Say Something Online Act of 2023 and a handful of others, with more being actively discussed.
There is also this case that seems destined to go to the Supreme Court. I think some worry that eventually if congress doesn’t rewrite the laws the SC will feel the need to. Laws have finesse, SC decisions generelly have larger impact as they unravel a bunch or interconnected laws until new legislation is passed. A court decision could overnight mean everyone who hosts content is then liable, I don’t think I have to explain to see how that will go sideways for any smaller players on the web.