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Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
IainB:
Looks like a pretty well-thought-out poster - I found it here: Which Countries Actively Suppress Internet Freedom?
(Enemies-of-the-Internet poster.gif - file size 3Mb.)
Internet freedoms restrained - SOPA/PIPA/OPEN/ACTA/CETA/PrECISE-related updates
IainB:
How bad could the loss of Intenet freedoms get?
Try this for size - maybe coming to a State near you soon...
Google Users in Pakistan Suffer as ISPs Block Sites Without Reason
I guess it couldn't be all that bad really - I mean, you'd at least still be able to browse the local government websites and government-approved websites.
TaoPhoenix:
More confusing stuff:
MPAA chief admits: SOPA and PIPA "are dead, they're not coming back."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/mpaa-chief-admits-sopa-and-pipa-are-dead-theyre-not-coming-back/
So is this classic Boiling Frog stuff where it looks like we won a tactical skirmish and then they sneak it in later?
Edit: First run of the net seems to be strong suspicion, with zero belief in the text of the announcement.
Tinman57:
More confusing stuff:
MPAA chief admits: SOPA and PIPA "are dead, they're not coming back."
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/mpaa-chief-admits-sopa-and-pipa-are-dead-theyre-not-coming-back/
So is this classic Boiling Frog stuff where it looks like we won a tactical skirmish and then they sneak it in later?
Edit: First run of the net seems to be strong suspicion, with zero belief in the text of the announcement. -TaoPhoenix (October 03, 2012, 06:19 PM)
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Well lets see......MPAA, AKA: Hollywood......Has lobbyist that dump millions of dollars into the pockets of our politicians..... The laws that they wanted didn't go through, but the politicians have already been paid......so they sneak it into another bill as a rider.... Hollywood is now happy that their millions paid off in the end.
Unfortunately this is pretty much the norm for anti-consumer/citizen laws. History does repeat itself......
Renegade:
History does repeat itself......
-Tinman57 (October 04, 2012, 07:50 PM)
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In more ways than we'd like to admit.
History is fundamentally taught wrong, with most of the important events in history being erased from textbooks. The glaring examples that cannot be avoided are kept in, but many of those are by-in-large just distractions. An excellent example would be the causes of WWI. Historians would do well to simply "follow the money".
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