There’s a truly disturbing article in Wired right now about the battle to remove the restrictions on encryption technology. The worry is that such laws make individuals powerless to prevent media companies from using the DMCA to restrict their rights. But how far do you go?
‘ “When you empower people to do things, we empower them to do bad things,” said Mike Godwin, staff council at the Center for Democracy and Technology. “It’s a hard problem: What do you allow people to do in a free society? This is the hard part of democracy. You have to end up trusting people.” ‘
What do you allow people to do in a free society? The answer to this one is deceptively simple, folks. Anything they want. If you don’t, you’re just kidding yourself about having a free society in the first place.
Will some people do bad things? Sure. Actions have consequences, and those that hurt others will be caught and punished. But you can’t call yourselves “the land of the free” by depriving everyone of their rights in the name of some nebulous security.
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