On Wed, 2009-06-10 at 15:28 -0600, Gordon Haverland wrote:
> On June 10, 2009, Kuno Woudt wrote:
> > Again, it is legal for me to download and listen to such
> > albums.  I see no need for my scrobbles to receive such
> > protection, and would prefer them to not be filtered in any
> > way.
> 
> Trying to play Devil's advocate here.  There are a number of 
> countries that censor Internet traffic and have laws which are 
> repressive.
> 
> Let's say someone from China listens to a song criticizing the the 
> Chineses leader (or substitute North Korea for China), or someone 
> from a Muslim country listens to a song which parodies 
> Mohammed/Allah, or someone from Turkey listens to a song which 
> has a message about the Armenian Genocide?  These people could be 
> flogged or killed for doing so.  Scrobbling isn't without 
> potential penalties in those situations (fabricated as they are).
> 
> Gord

Tor is known to be able to evade the Great Firewall, and though I've had
no reports from Turkey, it would likely be able to do the same. I know
Iranians can use Tor.

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