My experience was mid-2015. Hopeful signs have indeed become more frequent, but law moves at an absolutely glacial pace. Things are not going to change substantially for a few more years at the bare minimum.
We're in a good spot socially right now, as the tech behemoths are no longer perceived as plucky upstarts and quirky computer whizzes, but instead as creepy 1984-ish overlords. So I think the stage is set for upheaval -- maybe even some Congressional action if someone can tie this to the "deplatforming" thing that has Republicans fired up -- but we're a ways out yet, especially if we're just going to be crossing our fingers for a favorable SCOTUS ruling.
Compare the Aereo case at [0] for what is perhaps a counter-intuitive philosophical divide: the conservative side of the Court dissented from the majority in holding that Aereo should've been in the clear.
We're in a good spot socially right now, as the tech behemoths are no longer perceived as plucky upstarts and quirky computer whizzes, but instead as creepy 1984-ish overlords. So I think the stage is set for upheaval -- maybe even some Congressional action if someone can tie this to the "deplatforming" thing that has Republicans fired up -- but we're a ways out yet, especially if we're just going to be crossing our fingers for a favorable SCOTUS ruling.
Compare the Aereo case at [0] for what is perhaps a counter-intuitive philosophical divide: the conservative side of the Court dissented from the majority in holding that Aereo should've been in the clear.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Cos.,_In....