(Season 3) Episode 1 – New Year, Same Old 5#!7 (Follow-Ups)
Welcome to 2021 folks! We’ve finally left the hell hole of 2020, none of the problems from there can possibly get to us. Instead, US Congress made illegal streaming a felony, while Facebook and Google are… well, it’s not a story the Jedi would tell you. (We suppose, then, that 2020 can still affect us)
EPISODE MISTAKES: We referred to the last 2020 stimulus bill as the CARES Act. This was, in fact, the original stimulus bill that passed (which provided $1200 per individual). The bill we are referring to is the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which included the felony streaming rider bill.
Sources:
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (includes “Protecting Lawful Streaming Act”):
Proposed DMCA Revisions & Notice-and-take down/stay down:
- National Journal, 22 December 2020, “‘Notice-and-stay-down’ set to be sticking point in new online-piracy fight“ (Paywalled, Twitter Source here)
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 21 January 2016, ““Notice-and-Stay-Down” Is Really “Filter-Everything””
Section 230:
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 9 December 2020, ‘It’s Not Section 230 President Trump Hates, It’s the First Amendment’
- The Atlantic, 3 January 2021, ‘The 1996 Law That Ruined the Internet‘
- CBS News, 3 January 2021, ‘Why victims of internet lies want Section 230 repealed’
- Electronic Frontier Foundation, 3 December 2020, ‘Section 230 is Good, Actually’
Facebook & Google Antitrust Allegations / “Jedi Blue”:
- Android Central, 18 December 2020, ‘Google has time to reflect on itself before antitrust trials begin in 2023‘
- CNN Business, 11 December 2020, ‘The antitrust case against Facebook: Here’s what you need to know’
- Android Central, 22 December 2020, ‘Google and Facebook made a shady pact to fight antitrust allegations’ (Jedi Blue)
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