Winehole23
10-01-2016, 11:20 AM
The winner-take-all economy has turned virtually every industry into a cartel (four record labels, two cable companies, two phone operating systems, etc) who operate without fear of competition regulation, allowing representatives of a few companies to gather in closed-door meetings to cook up operating agreements that end up having the force of law.
For example, the major US ISPs and the major US entertainment companies have agreed on a six-strikes "Copyright Alert" system that could disconnect you and your family from the internet without a trial or a chance of appeal; major US tech companies have agreed to a "hate speech code of conduct" that the EU cooked up without consultation with the people outside of the EU who now live under those rules; major domain name registries have given the MPAA the power to confiscate domain names on their own say-so; and payment processing giants have agreed to cut off people accused of hosting infringing content, without any legal proceedings or findings of fact.
http://boingboing.net/2016/09/30/shadow-regulation-the-secret.html
For example, the major US ISPs and the major US entertainment companies have agreed on a six-strikes "Copyright Alert" system that could disconnect you and your family from the internet without a trial or a chance of appeal; major US tech companies have agreed to a "hate speech code of conduct" that the EU cooked up without consultation with the people outside of the EU who now live under those rules; major domain name registries have given the MPAA the power to confiscate domain names on their own say-so; and payment processing giants have agreed to cut off people accused of hosting infringing content, without any legal proceedings or findings of fact.
http://boingboing.net/2016/09/30/shadow-regulation-the-secret.html