DeCSS is far different than port blocking or the freedom of a network. DeCSS is about the convolution of copyright laws. Even with an entirely "free" network, the same issues would revolve around DeCSS.
-- Puryear Information Technology, LLC Baton Rouge, LA * 225-706-8414 http://www.puryear-it.com Author, "Best Practices for Managing Linux and UNIX Servers" http://www.puryear-it.com/pubs/linux-unix-best-practices Identity Management, LDAP, and Linux Integration willhill wrote: > We should not aspire to be like China. As long as networks use public > servitude, they are yours. Cox, ATT and friends are supposed to be your > servants rather than your masters. We should not have to bow and beg for > things that harm no one. If you ignore freedom in your persuit > of "neutrality" or "choice" you won't get either. > > A good case of censorship damage is DeCSS. You can get it and it works but > you have to go through a lot of trouble and you might not trust what you get. > > In the mean time, Microsoft and Apple can cheerily tell people that free > software is not ready for prime time because it can't be used to watch > commercial DVDs. > > On Sunday 23 September 2007 7:19 pm, Fernando Vilas wrote: >> ... >> The internet will route around it, partly because of the infrastructure >> itself, partly because of consumer movement inspiring competition on >> the "freedom" side of the offerings (net neutrality debates aside), and >> partly because places that restrict themselves will eventually be surpassed >> by other places that don't. >> >> One only needs look at what is going on in China, and to a lesser extent >> other countries, to realize that this is so. Those that want the >> information find a way to get it in spite of things like TCP resets, which >> are worse than simple port blocking. As a recent movie was fond of telling >> us, "You can't stop the signal." Or in terms of the FLOSS movement, >> "information wants to be free" > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > General at brlug.net > http://mail.brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
