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Korea Kicking People Offline With One Strike
An anonymous reader writes "While there's lots of talk of 'three strikes' laws in places like France, it may be worth looking over at South Korea, which put in place a strict new copyright law, required by a 'free trade' agreement with the US (which was the basis for ACTA). It went into effect in the middle of 2009, and now there's some data about how the program is going. What's most troubling is that the Copyright Commission appears to be using its powers to 'recommend' ISPs suspend user accounts based on just one strike, with no notice and no warning. The system lets the Commission make recommendations, but in well over 99% of the cases, the ISPs follow the recommendations, and they've never refused to suspend a user's account."
Anyone who runs a Tor exit node needs to be either stupid enough to not worry, or sufficiently idealistic they are willing to take the risk of such an event in the name of free speech activism.
*raising hand*
Sufficiently Idealistic. Right here. Being disabled at birth meant I could not honor the family tradition of entering the military and fighting for my country. Probably a good thing, since I would have just ended up killing women and children in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Going to court to provide a litigation vehicle to strengthen the principles of Anonymity Through Reasonable Doubt? I'll throw myself on the grenade all day long and die with pride and honor. It's the least I can do for my fellow citizens and the cause of true freedom.