This is probably the single most terrifying thing I've ever read. There are too many questions and inconsitencies left by what has been written so far. There is no way this could possibly be a good idea, it may slow some criminals down, but how long do you think it would be until the criminals work their way around this?
The world needs to fight this now, make sure that the politicians and law makers of the planet understand that the free people of the world will NOT stand for something like this.
All I can say is "Big Brother will NOT be watching me."
FoxxTrot
-- Don't use this as an excuse to Riot. Be Ghandi, not Malcolm X
I agree completely. At the age of 12 or 13 I don't think anyone would consider that person "resonsible." The availability of Porn on the web is sickening, and myself, I've fallen into it while looking for support on a hardware product, simply because I dropped a letter in the companies name.
With the nature of the internet, it will never be possible to block everytghing, even if they introduce the.xxx domain. Therefore it is the responsibility of Public Web Acess administrators to keep people from accessing that material that most people, as well as laws, deem innapropriate for the Younger user.
The 'net is a haven for perverts and other degenerates of society. Remember that...
Good point, and I can't say I disagree in it's entirety. I was/am a Napster user, and I have downloaded some MP3s I did not have legal right to. However, the argument that "the artists need to get paid" is almost as stupid as the "net culture" argument. Artist's do not own the rights to their own songs, the labels do, and it's becoming rarer that artists are paid royalties on Album sales. Besides most of the money an artist is going to make is on the concert track, and I don't think anyone will ever be able to replace the thrill of seeing an artist in concert.
Slashdot Mirror
This is probably the single most terrifying thing I've ever read. There are too many questions and inconsitencies left by what has been written so far. There is no way this could possibly be a good idea, it may slow some criminals down, but how long do you think it would be until the criminals work their way around this?
The world needs to fight this now, make sure that the politicians and law makers of the planet understand that the free people of the world will NOT stand for something like this.
All I can say is "Big Brother will NOT be watching me."
FoxxTrot -- Don't use this as an excuse to Riot. Be Ghandi, not Malcolm X
With the nature of the internet, it will never be possible to block everytghing, even if they introduce the .xxx domain. Therefore it is the responsibility of Public Web Acess administrators to keep people from accessing that material that most people, as well as laws, deem innapropriate for the Younger user.
The 'net is a haven for perverts and other degenerates of society. Remember that...
Good point, and I can't say I disagree in it's entirety. I was/am a Napster user, and I have downloaded some MP3s I did not have legal right to. However, the argument that "the artists need to get paid" is almost as stupid as the "net culture" argument. Artist's do not own the rights to their own songs, the labels do, and it's becoming rarer that artists are paid royalties on Album sales. Besides most of the money an artist is going to make is on the concert track, and I don't think anyone will ever be able to replace the thrill of seeing an artist in concert.