View Single Post
Old 09-16-2014, 08:18 PM   #99
eschwartz
Ex-Helpdesk Junkie
eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.eschwartz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
eschwartz's Avatar
 
Posts: 19,421
Karma: 85400180
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity
Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)
Quote:
Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Are you claiming that Amazon's white paper got the same level of attention as some missive from Joe the Plummer? According to the article, much of the Government's narrative was lifted from Amazon's white paper. Crony capitalism is basically government doing favors for a company. Extending the copyright law to make sure that Mickey never goes out of copyright is crony capitalism.
And "Amazon alerted the government to a serious issue, and the DoJ agreed with Amazon's understanding based on their own analysis" is just as valid an interpretation.

Honestly, I would be very worried if the DoJ agreed with Amazon and yet overlooked the supporting rhetoric that Amazon provided -- it would show a lack of intelligence that would say worrying things about my government.

It would be a problem if the DoJ disagreed with Amazon, but ruled in their favor anyway. And they could do that with their own handmade unique arguments as well.
eschwartz is offline   Reply With Quote