Neil Turkewitz
Jul 30, 2017 · 1 min read

Indeed! If Mozilla ever answers you, I’d be very interested in hearing what they say. In the meantime, you might want to explore the Mozilla blog. They don’t exactly hide their views — they merely mask them in rhetoric about balance & flexibility when they defend a lack of accountability, and proceed on the assumption that artists will continue to be able to produce works of great art without being compensated other than by selling what they like to describe as non-rivalrous goods and services. And of course, resting on the proposition that consent of the creator and progress & innovation are incompatible. See, for example:

Don’t break the internet.

A key part of what makes the internet awesome is the principle of innovation without permission — that anyone, anywhere, can create and reach an audience without anyone standing in the way. But that key principle is under threat. Some people are calling for licensing fees and restrictions on internet companies for basic things like creating hyperlinks or uploading content. Others are calling for new laws that would mandate monitoring and filtering online. These changes would establish gatekeepers and barriers to entry online, and would risk undermining the internet as a platform for economic growth and free expression.

At Mozilla, we’re committed to an exceptional internet.”

And when they say “exceptional,” they refer to the non-application of laws — a nod to the failed, but cherished, exceptionalism as articulated by Barlow.