The Supreme Court has crafted doctrines such as ‘fair use,’ which permits copying materials for criticism, parody, and transformative uses, and has ruled that abstract ideas are not subject to copyright, because courts will not punish people for merely using an abstract concept in speech. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
Free speech has remained a quintessential American ideal, even as our society has moved from the ink quill to the touch screen. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
In ‘Bush v. Gore,’ five justices had a partisan outcome in mind and then made up the judicial principle to justify it, while claiming that the decision would not be precedent for any future cases. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
Under the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Tumblr, YouTube, Reddit, WordPress, and Facebook aren’t responsible for the copyright infringement of each of their millions of users, so long as they take down specific posts, videos, or images when notified by copyright holders. But copyright holders thought that wasn’t good enough. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
Before the Internet, we were in a different sort of dark age. We had to wait to hear news on TV at night or in print the next day. We had to go to record stores to find new music. Cocktail party debates couldn’t be settled on the spot. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
Public participation helped create the Internet, and it helps protect it. That’s worth celebrating and remembering. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
The Internet isn’t just itself a revolution – it sometimes starts them, too. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
The FCC sided with the public and adopted extremely strong net neutrality rules that should be a global model for Internet freedom. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
The fights for media justice and racial justice have been intertwined since the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
Over the course of a year – from January 2014 to March 2015 – millions of Americans, hundreds of businesses, and dozens of policymakers weighed in at the Federal Communications Commission in favor of net neutrality. Marvin Ammori Read Quote
