I tried to access the actual forums that show why Why War? (a nonprofit student organization at Swarthmore) and the Swarthmore Coalition for the Digital Commons (also stated to consist of students) have decided to defy the voting machine maker Diebold Election System, but the forums were removed. These memos were posted on the Why War? website (why-war.com) four and a half weeks ago, but after the college ISP received a cease-and-desist letter (threatening with a lawsuit in regards to copyright violations), the memos were moved to an anonymous student's computer. The author who wrote this information, Kim Letter, posted its news update from the Swarthmore college website, and IT was even removed from the site for no apparent reason. This relates to Boynton's article because it shows the power of the copyright law; it prevents people like the participants of the "Why War?" comunity from providing potentially vital information. People fear being sued by copyright infringement, because it is a well-known lawsuit; I hear about students violating copyright rules by copying information from online sources from teachers quite frecuently. Taking information from The Internet without dictating is quite different from hacking into a voting machine, but their results both prove on how effective a copyright lawsuit can be at frightening you to bend to their will.
Boynton wants to appeal to the corporations (who appease the copyrights) as well as the users, information thefts, etc. by creating a copyright system that will benefit them both. He believes that the Copyright system of today is too restricting, and the system reminds me of the Mandatory Minimum sentences for marijuana users. The Mandatory Minimum sentences are very harsh in order to scare users.