Silicon Valley's great triumph has been persuading people to give up their rights, and be happy to do so. And tech oligarchs aren't worried about fighting dirty to make it happen: victim shaming is now part of the arsenal.

Modern technology – and in particular the miracle of the internet – has allowed billions of people to become creators, who can now access a global audience at low cost. Over centuries, society enshrined laws allowing the individual to own and control their stuff, creating markets.

The reason it's still pinging around the US courts after so long is because Silicon Valley has a goal in mind: it wants to blow away one part of the law giving the individual rights. If Big Tech can get the public to cheer as they disenfranchise themselves, then victory will be all the sweeter. Google, Tumblr and Twitter all piled into the latest round, and the Silicon Valley-funded activist shop the EFF was the litigant.

[theregister.co.uk...]

A number of thoughts regarding this case, "fair use", and the entire creative future of the web and those who live there. An important case, and one that should be followed. And one that, if you are banged by these "protectors of copyright", where you need to know YOUR rights under Fair Use. Food for thought, a heads up for the future.