Publication Bans In A Borderless World

slantyyz writes "Wired has a story on a publication ban imposed by a Canadian court on the Canadian media in a well-publicized serial murder case. Now this ban doesn't apply to foreign media per se, but given the borderless nature of the Internet, it leads one to wonder about the efficacy of such a ban. Canadians clearly have access to the American media channels online. The last major publication ban occurred in the early nineties with another Canadian serial murder case involving Paul Bernardo. It was effective to the point that the Internet was still a young medium, but even then, there were a few newsgroups created that were dedicated to spreading rumours about the ongoing trial."

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America Jr. and "free speech"

[I Am The Owl]

This is just about the saddest thing I have ever read about Canada. If one were to remove all references to Canada from the Wired article, one could easily be led to believe that it was an article, instead, about China and their Great Firewall. From the article:

The judge had limited journalists to reporting on the color of Pickton's sweater and the sound of his voice, and Canadian networks blacked out television reports coming in from the United States.

I can only be thankful that I live in the land of Freedom to the south. Such behavior would even make people like John Ashcroft blush.

Re:Blame canada!!!

[Scud_the_disposable_]

This gets modded up for being funny, while I get modded down for flamebait for asking a simple question?? (see link below)

Re:I live in Canada, and...

[euxneks]

Actually, if memory serves me correctly, they only found a lot of human DNA and no corpses. I think the sick bastard killed the prostitutes and then fed them to his pigs or something. Makes you wonder what your local farmers are actually feeding their cows and pigs, eh?