Hollywood vs. Obama
19th January 2012
Eric Raymond does some politics.
From a certain deeply cynical perspective the moguls’ outrage is sort of understandable. How dare Obama curry favor with Silicon Valley and the Wikipedians when he should have stayed bought? It’s not as though Obama actually cares about the “civil liberties” those damned anti-copyright anarchists are screaming about – anyone suffering from that delusion has forgotten that he signed the NDAA. So forget “principle”; from the moguls’ point of view this is a pure betrayal of the basest kind.
Surprise, surprise, surprise, as a certain pseudo-Marine would say.
January 19th, 2012 at 12:28
That’s the problem with this administration – they won’t stay bought!
January 20th, 2012 at 08:31
For a man who often votes “present” even in the White House, it’s odd that Obama said he would veto it. Since the bill won’t pass Congress, why give an opinion? Either he didn’t realize his statement would anger the cinema backers or the statement is designed to deceive his silicon backers. Or like his “bitter clingers” statement, it’s his true belief: Hollywood is just another giant international exploitative corporation.