Always tell her she is beatiful, especially if she is not.

—Lazarus Long


Archive for February, 2004

Inciting to riot

Monday, February 2nd, 2004

Gary Farber asks:

Would you assert that a modest libel law, or copyright law, or
incitement to riot law, inevitably lead to 1984? How about a law
banning private nuclear weapons?

I would say that the risk from a modest libel law or copyright law
is small, though not nonexistent; look at the way the DMCA has been
used to justify [...]