alt Hacker NewsI wonder how well this will work without other the states not being in on it and what other unintended consequences this may bring. sounds like a good start though.
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One of the ways federal legislation gets passed is by state's passing their own laws, eventually industry gets fed up with having to comply with a dozen or more variations of the same law and starts harassing congress to take care of it.
> without other the states not being in on it
California represents 12% of USA population, 14% of US GDP. Effectively that means CA can throw its weight around and companies are forced to at least pretend to comply. Whether they actually comply depends on enforcement.
Now if Delaware were to adopt such a law for every company “headquartered” there …
what other unintended consequences this may bring.
A "right to rewrite history" that will distort reality for historians in the future.
How did HN become effectively pro-DRM?
If a data-collecting company doesn't do business in California, that tells me a lot.