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Beckerman: Lawmakers' default setting is always to legislate and regulate tech
“You have legislators, and you have regulators, and they're called that because they like to legislate and regulate. That's like the default, that's the default setting. And so, you know, whatever you're doing, that's what they're going to look to do. Legislate…”
Beckerman: Tech companies must engage politicians before a crisis hits
“It's not great if the first time you're engaging with your elected officials is when you have a problem. And so some of the lobbying or advocating is just setting a landscape.”
Beckerman: Tech companies must frame their own narrative before opponents do
“If you're not telling your own story, someone else is telling your story. I mean, the same, same thing. If you're not sitting at the table, someone else is going to be eating you for lunch.”
Beckerman: Hollywood studios were the entrenched DC interest during SOPA/PIPA debates
“When I actually was on Capital Hose during the SOPA PIPA debates of, on piracy, the entrenched interest in DC at the time where the content industry, the Hollywood studios, which have been at this game for a very, very long time.”