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Testing ISP Censorship

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-just-far-too-easy dept.

ryants writes "As part of a research project, Christian Ahlert ran an interesting experiment. He posted John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, which is clearly in the public domain, on different ISPs. He then sent the ISPs phony copyright violation notices. The results are troubling, with ISPs "acting as judge, jury and private investigator at the same time.""

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  1. Re:Sample Size? Two. by 3terrabyte · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    heheh. I'm curious to know your reasons on why MoveOn.org is a kook fringe organization.

    From what I can see, they seem to stand for anything anti-Bush (without question). And fringe?? They have some massive numbers on their side. They can raise 20 million in a few days notice from donations.

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  2. Stupid people do stupid things... by theendlessnow · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I called the police and told them that my wife was trying to kill our daughter (just to see what would happen). When the police came to our house, my wife was cutting the roast for dinner, the police saw the knife and shot her dead. Stupid, stupid, people. Glad I'm not stupid.