[brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights

[Ryan McCain]

The Constitution enumerates all the powers of the government.  Deciding who a company can trade with isn't one of them.  

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I don't think it is unlawful or unconstitutional for the government to forbid an American company, say Northrop Grumman, from doing any business with a foreign company, say Iran.  For obvious reasons.

You can do business with China though.  Then they'll do business with Iran.

Oh wait.  When you say overlords, did you mean our Chinese overlords? :)

ray


On Wed, 3 Mar 2010, Ryan McCain wrote:

> The majority of what our overlords do is unlawful.  Positive law isn't legit if it violates the Constitution.
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> Do you mean they have no moral or legal authority? They certainly have the legal authority (e.g., Cuba, munitions).
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> Our government has 0 authority to tell private companies who their customers can and cannot be.
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> Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:48:31 -0600
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> Subject: [brlug-general] Internet Human Bill of Rights Now, this may 
> be a good idea:
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> http://www.pcworld.com/article/190579/senator_to_introduce_internet_hu
> man_rights_bill.html
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> The basic idea: The law "would impose criminal or civil penalties on U.S. Internet companies that bow to pressure of foreign governments and violate human rights."
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> Still, this creates a cache-22. This would essentially bar US companies from competing in markets like China, which are huge. So would this put our companies at a long-term disadvantage?
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> Perhaps this law makes more sense if it applies to *ANY* company that operates in the US.
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