On Dec 5, 2008, at 4:40 PM, marc garrett wrote: > Hi Simon, > > Yes, I've read about this. Even though there is a large amount of > protest against this kind of action - I do fear that the authorities > in > control, tend to get away with a lot in regard to commercial (or their > own agenda) needs. I'm sure that this doubt is not unusual of > course. I > am hoping there is enough energy and mass-protest, interest around to > battle this one out. > > "Both the Opposition and the Greens this week officially announced > their > opposition to the internet filtering plan, which critics like GetUp > fear > will slow the internet to a crawl and open the door to censorship of > other material such as regular pornography, political views, > pro-abortion sites and online gambling." > > THe typical approach by such top-down bods, is to cull everything that > is not officially deemed 'correct' or of commercial use, this > creating a > sterile environment that limits imaginations and emerging independent > thought & the communities that work with them. The other issue with > this, is that if this kind of draconian function succeeds, it then > threatens other groups like ourseleves, and many will just hop into > the > more 'creative' industry led & more well-known, accepted broadcasting > facilties - in contrast of being part of and building, sharing their > own > communties on their own terms.
And others might just invent a new protocol; then the authorities would need to start all over again.... Geert > > > marc > > > > Note that the new Australian government is making very serious > attempts to > regulate the internet. It is proposing a filtering system for all web > traffic. This is expected to slow speeds by around 75% whilst > catching a > small percentage of the sort of material they are seeking to stop > (porn, > agitprop). Such material is usually beeating low the radar of filters > and often > doesn¹t use the http protocol (which is the only one that will be > filtered). > Rudd is no Berlusconi, but clearly he is working on it. With the > current > Chinese leadership in hot water (melamine and the crunch) we could > propose > them as their new leaders. > > As you can see, plenty of Australians are seeking to stop it. > http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/activists-target-rudds-net-censorsh > ip-plans/2008/11/27/1227491695981.html > > Regards > > Simon > > > On 5/12/08 15:09, "marc garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> Berlusconi plans to use G8 presidency to 'regulate the internet'. >>> >>> The President of Italy, which will have the Presidency of the G8 >>> starting January 1, says he wants to use the future position of >>> Italy to >>> 'Regulate the Internet.' Italy's President Berlusconi appears to >>> be a >>> cantankerous character, prompting riots when Italy last had the G8 >>> presidency in 2001. This will no doubt be a serious effort, but >>> knowing >>> the fundamental design of the Internet involves routing around >>> damage, >>> the efforts could be more amusing than threatening. Berlusconi is >>> Italy's Prime Minister, not its President. He is Italy's G8 >>> representative, and Italy will hold the presidency in 2009. >>> Originally >>> found on Slashdot.org >>> >>> more... >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/berlusconi_g8_internet/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NetBehaviour mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > Simon Biggs > Research Professor > edinburgh college of art > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.eca.ac.uk > www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.littlepig.org.uk > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, > number SC009201 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
