>Not strictly true. They require artists who wish to sell via their >store to provide edited versions. Nothing evil about it, just a >marketing decision that for them works. No one is forced to make an >edit and Walmart is not forced, nor should any store be forced, to >sell what they do not wish to sell. Freedom is a two way street.
I think you mix up freedom for people vs freedom for corporations. I think one of the biggest mistakes of the radical right is the belief that corporations should have the same rights as individuals. It leads to individual rights getting trampled because the powers of corporations are so much greater. Allowing Walmart to censor video content is one example. If Walmart is allowed to do that, what is to stop them from telling newspapers what stories they are allowed to cover and what their editorials should be? E.g. "We don't want news about the /war/poor economy/greedy corporations/ to upset our customers." ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
