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Originally Posted by luqmaninbmore
The US government IS trying to stop the free flow of information. Some of that information consists of sharing done in violation of copyright law, but it is still information, nonetheless. And it is not a conspiracy to point out ways in which the US government has rolled back civil liberties and violated Constitutional guarantees. We recently had the case of a US citizen who was extra-judicially killed by the CIA. All it took was his name being put on a special list by the President. No indictment, no trial, no due process at all. It is not 'conspiratorial thinking' to be disturbed by that precedent.
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I agree with part of what you are saying --- civil liberties have been rolled back. Though you can argue about the merits of that particular case, I do question if it is a good idea that a government should have such powers over its citizens. But you and others (including the press) are freely reporting about it. Nobody is or was even trying to stop this news from going public.
However, copyright protection is not there to prevent the "sharing" of information (sorry, a copy of the latest best seller is not even "news" that must be shared). Besides, anyone can easily access that information by paying for a copy of the book or visiting the nearest library.