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I care about the ideas expressed here, and not even a little bit about the pseudonyms and personalities behind those ideas. On the continuum between anonymous image boards -> Web forums -> social network site, it is far closer to the anonymous image board.
I'm really gutted that countries which enshrine freedom of expression (Netherlands, Denmark, etc) are starting to cave in to these thugs. Feels bad man.
I would sooner live in a world where blockbuster films were uneconomical to produce, and therefore simply didn't exist, than one where the internet miracle is smothered.
That's not exactly the situation. The law is simply a stick for the military government with which to beat citizens with. It's the same with all these thought-crime type laws, and the king may or may not even care.
Facebook is designed to spread SHIT as a core feature; it's a spam machine. Are you really saying there is a distinction between good and evil "likes"?
Ok, but it hasn't all been a top down government and corporate conspiracy. Normal people (aka the yahoos) have played their role by placing their entire digital lives in highly centralised web-based services, (facebook, twitter, etc). This makes regulation, censorship and monitoring child's play. Even the "blogosphere" was a better model than this.
Something new? I can tell you there won't be any modern day miracles. A bunch of anti-social intellectuals will increasingly use darknets to communicate, and everyone else will stay in their gilded cages; secure beneath the watchful eyes.
What you're arguing for is 'cultural relativism'. Your post just seems too well crafted, and feels trollish to me, but in case this is actually that you think, 'cultural relativism' lost.
All international human rights instruments adhere to the principle that human rights are universally applicable.
Countries who violate peoples freedom though censorship are universally in the wrong.
Governments have always done that since there have been governments. What you're seeing today is governments scrambling to stuff the internet genie back in the bottle.
As for this story, by censoring mature games people are forced to pirate, so the government simply lose out on the sales tax of those who would have bought.
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Slashdot is a news aggregator with threaded discussion. I only sign in so I don't start at Score: 0
I care about the ideas expressed here, and not even a little bit about the pseudonyms and personalities behind those ideas.
On the continuum between anonymous image boards -> Web forums -> social network site, it is far closer to the anonymous image board.
Nobody would read it, and it would pass.
That's called hypnagogic imagery :)
When I begin to hallucinate I usually like to take a break.
I'm not sure if to go for the aggressive defence system, or the spy drone in my cranial slot.
I'm really gutted that countries which enshrine freedom of expression (Netherlands, Denmark, etc) are starting to cave in to these thugs. Feels bad man.
You forced me to post an American != World comment :(
The term common carrier is a common law term, which is seldom used in continental Europe because it has no exact equivalent in civil-law systems.
The dumb pipes argument is based on an American law. The 'telecommunications act of 1996' or whatever.
In short, no this doesn't about sum it up.
I would sooner live in a world where blockbuster films were uneconomical to produce, and therefore simply didn't exist, than one where the internet miracle is smothered.
Die big content. Die.
That's not exactly the situation.
The law is simply a stick for the military government with which to beat citizens with. It's the same with all these thought-crime type laws, and the king may or may not even care.
*Spineless. Deinitly not spin-less. No siree. Lots of spin.
Spinless bastards for even building this functionality.
The correct response is "HTTPS everywhere; suck it up despots".
For sport. More rugged than any phone, long battery life, and disposable-y cheap if it gets smashed or wet.
Also I have to display my lack of iDevices as an anti-fashion statement ;-)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSONP
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-Origin_Resource_Sharing
Piracy is great because it gives something to compete against. If your proposition looks shitty compared to piracy, you need to improve the product.
Is it considered stating the obvious to say: DRM is the opposite of improving the product?
But soviet Russians use VKontakte.ru instead.
Facebook is designed to spread SHIT as a core feature; it's a spam machine.
Are you really saying there is a distinction between good and evil "likes"?
I like how you casually used "cloud capabilities" as if that means something.
Ok, but it hasn't all been a top down government and corporate conspiracy.
Normal people (aka the yahoos) have played their role by placing their entire digital lives in highly centralised web-based services, (facebook, twitter, etc). This makes regulation, censorship and monitoring child's play. Even the "blogosphere" was a better model than this.
Something new? I can tell you there won't be any modern day miracles. A bunch of anti-social intellectuals will increasingly use darknets to communicate, and everyone else will stay in their gilded cages; secure beneath the watchful eyes.
You're not an author. You're an iAuthor.
What you're arguing for is 'cultural relativism'.
Your post just seems too well crafted, and feels trollish to me, but in case this is actually that you think, 'cultural relativism' lost.
All international human rights instruments adhere to the principle that human rights are universally applicable.
Countries who violate peoples freedom though censorship are universally in the wrong.
The universal nature of human rights and freedoms is beyond question.
-- 2005 World Summit, paragraph 121
I bet this could be used to make a death ray.
1/2 gig of what?
Governments have always done that since there have been governments.
What you're seeing today is governments scrambling to stuff the internet genie back in the bottle.
As for this story, by censoring mature games people are forced to pirate, so the government simply lose out on the sales tax of those who would have bought.