I think the Libel part is just the tip of the iceberg. They are stepping... no.. its much more like trampling on everyone's rights and freedom. For them to port sniff us is just too much. They can see and listen in on anything we do without any warrants. Making port sniffing legal for the government to use to check up on us is like making wire tapping legal. Who made them big brother? Another scary thing is that our Telcos utilize VOIP technologies which means once it hits the NET they can also monitor your calls and they can easily say that they did not wiretap but was in compliance of the Cybercrime Law. It does sound like it is an E-Martial Law when you think about it. Once the government looks in to everything we do and one slip can and would lead you to jail term.
I think our group should take part of the campaign against this Law which steps on our freedom not just of speech but in the whole sense. This law is just too much. Paranoid or not, I am now setting up encryptions for my mail and chat applications. I do not want anyone listening in on my personal things not even if it is the government. On Oct 1, 2012, at 8:45 AM, Michael Janapin <[email protected]> wrote: > They can censor all they want and throw everything against cyber freedom, > yes, including kitchen utensils, but it won't make the problem of piracy go > away. > > I'm just alarmed that this law might restrict distribution of legit torrents > (e.g., linux distros, opensource applications, etc.). > > Anyway, there are several ways to skin a cat... if p2p would go, then a new > way of distributing content would be created and implemented. > > Just my one-and-a-half cents. > > > > On 9/29/2012 5:11 PM, Danny Ching wrote: >> Torrenting copyrighted materials had always been wrong. This law, bad as it >> is, >> did nothing to further criminalize copyright infringement. >> >> I think the scary part is the libel bit. >> >> Danny Ching >> >> On Sep 29, 2012, at 5:08 PM, toytoy <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > I think this news is VERY INTERESTING at all. >> > >> > http://www.interaksyon.com/infotech/phl-cybercrime-law-say-goodbye-to-torrent-and-file-sharing >> > >> > We have a law now that is worse than USA. Imagine we are a third world >> > country >> > and its hard for us to afford to buy e-books and software or other stuffs >> > that >> > gives us interest and use our potential to learn and be innovative (which >> > government can benefit from that). >> > >> > At least, in our time, we experience downloading e-books thru torrent. If >> > this >> > law will be implemented, now its hard for the youth or next generation to >> > be >> > resourceful because all file sharing are block (will this include DropBox, >> > Google Drive, etc.?). Also most of the Filipinos don't have credit cards >> > to >> > buy online stuffs, IMO this law gives us a huge barricade that would hurt >> > our >> > future in learning or for being innovative. >> > >> > I do work at home, or telecommute, and it seemed to me that this might >> > hurt my >> > job and the sense of my initiative might suffer impediments. >> > >> > If we'll just let this happen, then good luck to all of us. >> > _________________________________________________ >> > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >> >> >> _________________________________________________ >> Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List >> http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug >> Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > -- > Rev. Michael R. Janapin, Th.D. > Academic Dean > PBTS Baguio City, Philippines > http://mulingsilang.wordpress.com > http://www.pbts.net.ph > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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