Fast Company only begins to sketch the Washington-Hollywood power grab. It's true Silicon Valley isn't doing anything to stop it. Our reps in Washington also represent the SouthLand. But I part company with the author of the article on two counts. 1. No matter what the discredited venture capital industry does or doesn't do, the laws they're passing won't stand up to a First Amendment test, and 2. bad laws are not obeyed by the people. "Think different," as one Silicon Valley company requests. [Scripting News]

With respect to point 2, the problem with bad laws that are not obeyed and can't be enforced is that it devalues other laws. Once you start speeding and not getting caught, why not run over red lights? Pretty soon is chaos out there. That has happened in countries like Venezuela, where laws are so much of a joke, that even the government ignores them. Of course, there is the German saying: Those who enjoy laws and sausages should never witness how they are created.

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