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SOPA, the biggest threat to modern free speech

December 28th, 2011 by Kirk Sigmon

The modern Internet is a battlefield. One end of the battlefield is comprised of companies and individuals owning intellectual property — from copyrights on video games and movies to likeness rights and the like. On the other end of the battlefield is the Internet — that is, more specifically, everyday people who use the Internet for information, entertainment, and for communication. The former group wishes to control the latter. And they may have their wish.

Crosspost: Paternalism on Steroids

October 13th, 2011 by Kirk Sigmon

Crosspost from the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy. Kirk Sigmon asks a simple question: why does the federal government spend money prosecuting weight lifters who want to get more muscular, and, much to the bodybuilders’ chagrin, go bald and potentially develop breasts?

Sacrificing the First Amendment to catch “Cyberbullies”

October 10th, 2011 by Kirk Sigmon

For some reason, a handful of Democratic New York State senators think that the First Amendment should be treated “not as a right but as a privilege”, implying that the right to free speech should essentially be revocable to prevent “abuses” of free speech including “flaming” (sending angry, rude, or obscene messages to people online) and other forms of “cyberbullying”. I only wish I was kidding.

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