{"id":516,"date":"2005-06-01T16:24:49","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T20:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=516"},"modified":"2009-04-12T20:15:38","modified_gmt":"2009-04-13T00:15:38","slug":"dhs-enforces-copyright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2005\/06\/01\/dhs-enforces-copyright\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Enforces Copyright?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Schneier on Security: DHS Enforces Copyright<\/a><\/p>\n

Bruce has got a good point – and he raises a good question: “why is the Department of Homeland Security busting video pirates?”<\/p>\n

Some people might not like my answer to that question. <\/p>\n

The simple answer is, of course, that the DHS is abusing its power<\/strong>. That’s all. <\/p>\n

With so much going on these days, with bigger & bigger government, it is almost 100% certain that any agency is absolutely going to abuse its powers – to try to go beyond their legal bounds are – and to extend their reach as far as possible. It’s just a fact. A sad fact, but a fact nonetheless.<\/p>\n

In a democratic society, “power” (such as it is) ultimately comes from the people themselves. Increasingly, however, we (Americans) are loosing that power to an increasingly less democratic government. <\/p>\n

If you doubt that this is really happening, and just think I’m a crackpot… go read this article again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bruce has got a good point – and he raises a good question: “why is the Department of Homeland Security busting video pirates?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-technology","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-8k","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1040,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/02\/06\/effects-of-real-id\/","url_meta":{"origin":516,"position":0},"title":"Effects of REAL ID","author":"Keith Survell","date":"February 6, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"C|NET News has a great writeup on what the effects of REAL ID are going to be to people in different states - depending on whether your state has complied or not. 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