It's always struck me as odd how many other industries have managed to get many staunch defenders among our rulers, while the tech industry seems so powerless, in comparison. Loads of senators are happy to side with oil companies and deny climate change, in spite of all the evidence and threat to the planet. No-one among legislators is in favour of pointless bureaucracy - and yet tax preparation software companies ar…
Maybe because most tech companies (especially those in SF) provide little value for society? We need oil and food in order to survive. Do we need Facebook, Google, Netflix, etc to survive?
yeah the right comparison would be with Hollywood. Hollywood might have lobbied for extending copyrights (they had no competitor back then), what else?