Aaron Schwartz on SOPA

https://youtu.be/Fgh2dFngFsg

There are some interesting observations: that Supreme Court has a blindspot on copyright, the legal filter that works well against even pornography does not function on copyright. United States has a cultural tug-of-war between “containing (prohibition)”  and “letting go”, IMO the issue of slightly offensive content are handled / are used to being handled through this prism. But copyright is seen as an entirely different beast.

And I tell you why: because copyright is closely linked to the issue of property - a concept that strikes a different chord in America.

And oddly enough the issue of property becomes crucial for the struggle between waves - as it has once before. We all know American Civil War, a major struggle for power between agrarian and industrial forces, revolved around the issue slavery and at this time according to the law of the land, black people were seen as property. Antabellum America decided they were not, took steps to correct this shameful mistake. Today, there is another fight, again between waves, around yet another definition of property. Is knowledge property? How much of it belongs to someone / anyone?