Blog of Billy

Barak Obama is the guy for me. On the issues that directly affect me and my livelihood (technology issues), he's got the best understanding of the problems and solutions. He's the only one to come out with a powerful stance on net neutrality, and the only one to show any moderation on questions of copyright versus public use. I stand now in agreement with my brethren at the US Pirate Party in supporting Sen. Obama for the Presidency in 2008.

Hillary is a decent candidate, I guess. The most oft-repeated arguments against her from the Republicans that I deal with on a semi-regular basis seem to be that she's slimy and tends to politicize things that she shouldn't. This doesn't hold that much weight with me. She's a politician. She's good at what she does.

Hillary is on record as being in favor of net neutrality legislation, but not very vocally. She's also big on keeping the DMCA as scary and foolish as it is now. Want to make a backup copy? Too bad. You're not allowed to take proactive steps to protect the things you bought. You might do something "wrong" with that copy. DVD get scratched? Go buy another. Hopefully that movie is still being sold.

Obama is in favor of actively toning down these restrictions. Yay for thinking.

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