I'm hoping that it would be treated the same, or at least very similar. There are definitely parallels between the two (speech and code). To those who would bring up the point that there are limits to free speech, I ask you to examine why they are there. From what I can think of off the top of my head, major examples of the main areas are: screaming "FIRE" in a movie theatre, saying you'll kill the president, and slander/libel. The first two were put in place to prevent physical harm to people. The last was put in place to prevent ruining someone's reputation/career. Now, obviously, there aren't all that many cases where code can kill (BSOD doesn't count), so the relevance is not there. The last bit is a little closer, but still not there. When you slander/libel someone, from what I understand, you actually have to speak an untruth about someone in a manner that damages their livelihood/reputation. Virus coders and crackers and the like may indeed be damaging someone's livelihood, but they are not doing it by speaking an untruth about the victim.
Ummmm.... I've been to the WAVE site, I've read the press releases. Nowhere can I find any indication that WAVE or anyone else will be giving away stuff to informants. They have the WAVE card, which may, in the future, be used to get discounts (ooh! 5% off a CD that's been marked up 50%!), etc. But, that's about it. Only WorldNetDaily has said this.
So, anyone have real info/proof? Bueller? Bueller?
I urge everyone who supports anti-censorship causes like this one go to the PeaceFire site and buy a t-shirt and give a donation. The last time PeaceFire was featured in an article a number of people bought shirts, but nobody made a donation. Bennett is not making money off the t-shirt sales. Giving a little, even just $US5-10 would be helpful, and would bring the price of the t-shirt up to what you'd normally see.
As for my own opinion, needless to say, Scream 3 fails one of the prerequisites of a good film: it relies on too many popular culture references.
Kind of off-topic, but I just have to mention it. To me, the above is one of the main reasons why Star Wars: TPM was so bad. Everything about it screamed "instant gratification" for me. Appeal to all the pop culture freaks, never mind the fact that 20 years from now, people won't get the references. ----------
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I'm hoping that it would be treated the same, or at least very similar. There are definitely parallels between the two (speech and code). To those who would bring up the point that there are limits to free speech, I ask you to examine why they are there. From what I can think of off the top of my head, major examples of the main areas are: screaming "FIRE" in a movie theatre, saying you'll kill the president, and slander/libel. The first two were put in place to prevent physical harm to people. The last was put in place to prevent ruining someone's reputation/career. Now, obviously, there aren't all that many cases where code can kill (BSOD doesn't count), so the relevance is not there. The last bit is a little closer, but still not there. When you slander/libel someone, from what I understand, you actually have to speak an untruth about someone in a manner that damages their livelihood/reputation. Virus coders and crackers and the like may indeed be damaging someone's livelihood, but they are not doing it by speaking an untruth about the victim.
But then, IANAL.
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Ummmm .... I've been to the WAVE site, I've read the press releases. Nowhere can I find any indication that WAVE or anyone else will be giving away stuff to informants. They have the WAVE card, which may, in the future, be used to get discounts (ooh! 5% off a CD that's been marked up 50%!), etc. But, that's about it. Only WorldNetDaily has said this.
So, anyone have real info/proof? Bueller? Bueller?
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I urge everyone who supports anti-censorship causes like this one go to the PeaceFire site and buy a t-shirt and give a donation. The last time PeaceFire was featured in an article a number of people bought shirts, but nobody made a donation. Bennett is not making money off the t-shirt sales. Giving a little, even just $US5-10 would be helpful, and would bring the price of the t-shirt up to what you'd normally see.
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As for my own opinion, needless to say, Scream 3 fails one of the prerequisites of a good film: it relies on too many popular culture references.
Kind of off-topic, but I just have to mention it. To me, the above is one of the main reasons why Star Wars: TPM was so bad. Everything about it screamed "instant gratification" for me. Appeal to all the pop culture freaks, never mind the fact that 20 years from now, people won't get the references.
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