At CinemaCon this year, the Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin said the organization is going to work with Congress to establish and enforce a site-blocking legislation in the United States.
  • Kumatomic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    70·
    10 months ago

    What else will corporations pay Congress to decide that is in corporations’ best interest for us to not see?

    • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      46·
      10 months ago

      Its good to see congress focusing on the real issues finally. When I pay taxes, this is what I’m looking for. Hopefully they will get around to legalizing kicking homeless people and children in the face soon as this is another one of my priorities.

  • callouscomic@lemm.eeEnglish
    36·
    10 months ago

    The least productive Congress since the Great Depression? The same Congress who couldn’t pass a budget for the government until 6 months into the very fiscal year it’s for? That Congress? Priorities.

    • aphonefriend@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      What are you talking about? The current congress is incredibly effective. They just have way more important things to focus on then whatever you peasants are yammering about. Like banning tiktok.

      • ililiililiililiilili@lemm.eeEnglish
        134·
        10 months ago

        Its not even a free market. Check the protectionism keeping Chinese EVs out of the US. Its more like the land of corporate profits.

        • CmdrShepard42@lemm.eeEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          There’s no such thing as a free market unless you’re talking about places like Somolia where there is no government.

          • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            7·
            10 months ago

            That’s an unregulated market. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but an idealized free market would need to be free of price fixing and monopolization, and therefore requires regulation.

            That’s what all these invisible hand folk always get wrong.

            • Petter1@lemm.eeEnglish
              11·
              10 months ago

              I agree 😇 free market leads to one big monopoly which decides anything for anyone. Regulation is needed all the time, as we saw (and see) with Microsoft and now with Apple, Amazon, Google etc.

              • enkers@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
                1·
                10 months ago

                free [?] market leads to one big monopoly

                Unregulated market ≠ free market. That’s what I just explained. If you’d like a better understanding I’d highly recommend auditing econ 101 online through MIT: https://youtu.be/_OkTw766oCs?si=twyynoEzf-bi5k3m

                It’s not a tough course, and it’s probably one that everybody should take anyways, TBH.

  • retrieval4558@mander.xyzEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    Just hoping private torrent sites and Usenet remain relatively unscathed. Honestly I’m surprised about how many of the big private trackers have lasted so long.

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      They’re not smart enough it figure out anything not mainstream. I heard most of the big sites blocked recently were live TV feed sites.