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After they have blown themselves up (along with many Americans) they will not be bothered that their prints and mugshot are on file.

Government propaganda here in UK is just as bad.

We are told there is no requirement to carry this ID card - but that is just a Red Herring.

FACT: it will be very simple to identify you absolutely anywhere with a portable fingerprint scanner.

Once data is transmitted to base - they can have your identity within seconds.

The ID Card itself is totally irrelevant - it is purely a means to an end.

You could be stopped anywhere and authorities would know everything about you - they would not need your ID card.

They will have effectively branded a number on every person in UK.

Just like in 1942, when Nazi's began tattooing numbers on the left forearm of all prisoners.

Find anybody to deny that you can be read like some barcode on a bag of peas at the supermarket till.

They are treating us all like criminals - putting everybody's fingerprints and eye scans on file.

With this and reading your private mail over the Internet - it is most clear they all want a surveillance society.

Garry Anderson - Haverhill UK - Home Page - proper English spelling ;-)

1 - virtually every word is (or can be) registered as a trademark many times over by different type of business in the same or a different country e.g. the word 'apple' is registered by tobacco and computer companies in the US.

Every domain you pick will likely be similar to a registered trademark - you would think that authorities want people to know which domains belong to a registered trademark.

Even UN WIPO will not guarantee that your domain is safe - even if you check all their sources: "any searches using the links provided on this site will not be sufficient to determine definitively whether or not the domain name is infringing."

2 - the only way to avoid confusion with ordinary domain names is to have some sort of identifier to identify them - to replace registered trademark symbol (R) - like a protected .reg TLD.

e.g. apple.com could be directed to apple.computer.us.reg - who else could it be? (format: name.classification.country.reg)

This adds unequivocal trademark identification and directory functionality - with absolutely no restrictions or requirement to lose current domains.

I believe the evidence provides conclusive and demonstrable proof that the authorites are corrupt - they aid and abet trademark overreach. This can be shown in UDRP cases when the term could LEGALLY be used by any number of businesses (with or without trademark) - or for personal none comercial use.

UDRP rules (on which decisions are based) wrote by WIPO - is a biased system that favours trademarks to promote intellectual-property rights.

Even U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recognizes and admit this bias. They identified it when talking about open-source software:

Lois Boland, director of international relations for the USPTO, said "that open-source software runs counter to the mission of WIPO, which is to promote intellectual-property rights." "To hold a meeting which has as its purpose to disclaim or waive such rights seems to us to be contrary to the goals of WIPO."

With all words registered for trademarks, you could imagine them saying, "to allow others to use words runs counter to the mission of WIPO, which is to promote intellectual-property rights." "To give people domain names is to disclaim or waive such rights seems to us to be contrary to the goals of WIPO."

Do you know Trademarks 'raison d'etre'?

"They are to identify source - NOT to claim world rights to a word or words."

WIPO.org.uk - Comments on WIPO Interim Report (12 April 2001) to UN WIPO.

Garry Anderson - Haverhill UK - Home Page - WIPO criticism.

I have posted on the subject of surveillance many times before. Here is an extract regarding the psychological aspect. This particular part was wrote by another and did a better job of explaining than I could:

"Foucault focused on Bentham's prison model, or the Penopticon as Bentham called it - which literally means, that which sees all. The Penopticon prison, which was popular in the early nineteenth century, was designed to allow guards to see their prisons, but not allow prisoners to see guards. The building was circular, with prisoner's cells lining the outer diameter, and in the center of the circle was a large, central observational tower. At any given time, guards could be looking down into each prisoner's cells - and thereby monitor potentially unmoral behavior - but carefully-placed blinds prevented prisoners from seeing the guards, thereby leaving them to wonder if they were being monitored at any given moment. It was Bentham's belief that the "gaze" of the Panopticon would force prisoners to behave morally. Like the all-seeing eye of God, they would feel shame at their wicked ways. In effect, the coercive nature of the Panopticon was built into its very structure."

Full text is here and also on my personal website.

I have posted on the subject of surveillance many times before. Here is an extract regarding the psychological aspect. This particular part was wrote by another and did a better job of explaining than I could:

"Foucault focused on Bentham's prison model, or the Penopticon as Bentham called it - which literally means, that which sees all. The Penopticon prison, which was popular in the early nineteenth century, was designed to allow guards to see their prisons, but not allow prisoners to see guards. The building was circular, with prisoner's cells lining the outer diameter, and in the center of the circle was a large, central observational tower. At any given time, guards could be looking down into each prisoner's cells - and thereby monitor potentially unmoral behavior - but carefully-placed blinds prevented prisoners from seeing the guards, thereby leaving them to wonder if they were being monitored at any given moment. It was Bentham's belief that the "gaze" of the Panopticon would force prisoners to behave morally. Like the all-seeing eye of God, they would feel shame at their wicked ways. In effect, the coercive nature of the Panopticon was built into its very structure."

Full text is here and also on my personal website.

If judges say that domain names are not property - then people (even the lawful) can copy electronic medium of music with impunity.

In fact domain names are more unique property.

You can take a MP3 copy from music tracks without taking original from the owner or degrading quality.

Many copies of music may exist - but only one domain name (e.g. my own ) may exist.

It is unique property that may be transfered or sold - like a car number plate.

Should anybody take my property away from me, I will beat them with a stick :-)

Quote from the U.S. Defense advanced Research Projects Agency:

"The goal of the Total Information Awareness (TIA) program is to revolutionize the ability of the United States to detect, classify and identify foreign terrorists -- and decipher their plans -- and thereby enable the U.S. to take timely action to successfully preempt and defeat terrorist acts."

They want to, quote: "identify foreign terrorists" - what rubbish. They KNOW you are American citizen, not even a suspect foreigner - yet want to know what you buy, where you travel - everything. They want to profile you, like a criminal. I find it hard to believe that U.S. politicians are that dumb - to go along with this violation of the American Peoples Rights. Looks like TIA initials stand for Totally Ignorant Acceptance (of propaganda).

I have said this many times - and have yet to hear reasoned argument against it:->

Ask Security Services in the US, UK, Indonesia (Bali) or anywhere for that matter, to deny this:

Internet surveillance, using Echelon, Carnivore or back doors in encryption, will not stop terrorists communicating by other means - most especially face to face or personal courier.

Terrorists will have to do that, or they will be caught!

Perhaps using mobile when absolutely essential, saying - Meet you in the pub Monday (meaning, human bomb to target A), or Tuesday (target B) or Sunday (abort).

The Internet has become a tool for government to snoop on their people - 24/7.

The terrorism argument is a dummy - total bull*.

INTERNET SURVEILLANCE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP TERRORISTS - THAT IS SPIN AND PROPAGANDA

This propaganda is for several reasons, including: a) making you feel safer b) to say the government are doing something and c) the more malicious motive of privacy invasion.

Government say about surveillance - you've nothing to fear - if you are not breaking the law

This argument is made to pressure people into acquiescence - else appear guilty of hiding something illegal.

It does not address the real reason why they want this information (which they will deny) - they want a surveillance society.

They wish to invade your basic human right to privacy. This is like having somebody watching everything you do - all your personal thoughts, hopes and fears will be open to them.

This is everything - including phone calls and interactive TV. Quote from ZDNET: Whether you're just accessing a Web site, placing a phone call, watching TV or developing a Web service, sometime in the not to distant future, virtually all such transactions will converge around Internet Protocols.

"Why should I worry? I do not care if they know what I do in my own home", you may foolishly say. Or, just as dumbly, "They will not be interested in anything I do".

This information will be held about you until the authorities need it for anything at all. Like, for example, here in UK when government looked for dirt on individuals of Paddington crash survivors group. It was led by badly injured Pam Warren. She had over 20 operations after the 1999 rail crash (which killed 31 and injured many).

This group had fought for better and safer railways - all by legal means. By all accounts a group of fine outstanding people - with good intent.

So what was their crime, to deserve this investigation?

It was just for showing up members of government to be the incompetents they were.

As usual, government tried to put a different spin on the story when they were found out. Even so, their intent was obvious - they wanted to use this information as propaganda - to smear the character of these good People.

Our honourable government would rather defile the character of its citizens - rather than address their reasonable concerns.

The government arrogantly presume this group of citizens would not worry about having their privacy invaded.

They can also check your outgoings match your income and that you are paying enough tax. What do you think all this privacy invasion is for? The War on Terrorism? You poor dupe.

All your finances for them to scrutinize; heaven help you if you cannot account for every cent.

The authorities try make everything they say sound perfectly reasonable.

e.g. Officials from US Defence Department agency have said that they want, the same level of accountability in cyberspace that we now have in the physical world.

Do government currently keep records of everything that you touch in the physical world to analyse?

No they do not. So then, is that the same level of accountability?

They wish to keep an electronic tag on you, like some kind of animal. Actually it is even worse than this - like some pervert sex offender - a child molester that they have to keep track of. Would any person of intelligence call that accountability?

Do not believe the lies of Government - even more of your money spent on these measures will not protect us from terrorists. Every argument they use is subterfuge - pure spin.

Here in UK, the RIP Act is unjust - dim-witted ill-informed MPs believed governments 'experts'. Remember - they will get everything about you, your phone calls, emails, TV viewing - everything. It would be like having a spy living in your house.

Americans - the Total Information Awareness plan, USA Patriot act and Homeland Defence - you are more technologically aware, are you really that easily misled?

Garry Anderson

P.S. Did you know the the United States Department of Commerce and United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization LIED, when they said there was no solution to trademark conflict with domain names?

They are dishonourable cowards. The UN Organization, who deal with these conflicts, use WIPO.org - I use VERY similar URL - please visit.

Why did the Members of Parliament make RIP Act LAW? They do not understand the consequences of it. To say they are ignorant is an understatement.

They believe any rubbish that they are told by their 'advisors'. By questioning it they think they look stupid.

By not doing so, it makes them look more dumb. They are imbeciles in the extreme.

Perverts and terrorists will find a way around these measures. Direct connected encryption or even blinking sending child porn CDs over postal service.

Only an idiot would believe the massive infrastructure that Government introduce is for monitoring these few thousand people. It can only be for spying on the masses. What about the law of presumed innocence?

People do not realise what is possible. The increase in processing power grows daily. As are storage costs coming down. This will be the same as having somebody watching everything you do. All your finances available for them to check - heaven help you if you cannot account for every penny when they check on your taxes. All your personal emotions in private emails, your fears about health worries and your personal quirks in web-sites you visit. All your inner-most secrets will be open to them.

With New Labours Newspeak (having to use the word 'investment' instead of 'spending') and this RIP Act - Big Brother has finally arrived.

skilful.com