US, NZ, Sweden, others condemn "three strikes" Internet laws(arstechnica.com)

56 pointsby meadhikarivor 15 Jahren6 comments

US, NZ, Sweden, others condemn "three strikes" Internet laws

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/06/us-nz-sweden-others-condemn-three-strikes-internet-laws.ars

4 comments

arethuzavor 15 Jahren

Why am I not surprised to find that our very own Dark Lord was behind this in the UK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Economy_Act_2010#Histor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Mandelson#Media_and_publi...

chopsueyarvor 15 Jahren

We just 'reappropriate' your DNS entries.

ryallvor 15 Jahren

NZ politicians condemning the exact law they just passed a month ago. Brilliant work guys, kiwi tax dollars at work.

natural_ordervor 15 Jahren

LulzSec and it's fans are not going to be happy if more Internet banning occurs

burgerbrainvor 15 Jahren

No see, that's the thing. This sort of crap will never be effective against the people they say it's aimed against. The only people it will actually hurt is the innocent.

natural_ordervor 15 Jahren

I'm optimistic that most of these hacker groups are willing to make movements against human rights issues that one assumes they care about. You're right though, they aren't the ones who will suffer from it.