On 02/05/12 13:05, Graeme Fowler wrote: > On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 12:07 +0100, Marcus Taylor wrote: >> Slippery slope, thin wedge - call it what you like - the net result is >> this is a backward step for this industry. > > s/industry/country/
Touché :) > > HMG are very keen to make policy decisions based on "what is good for > business is good for the country". Shudder... > If it is perceived to be relatively easy[0] to go before a judge and > request blocking (in whatever technical way is currently flavour of the > month) of certain types of content such that the general public can no > longer access said content in a trivial way, then it is a small step to > apply that in patent disputes and other commercial disagreements. I'd also add political, philosophical, religious, [et al] disagreements. > Censorship of the type handed down by the High Court is likely to damage > the confidence of international businesses to operate in the UK, rather > than provide confidence in those operations. Censorship is highly subjective - courts *should* be objective. [0] For "relatively easy" read "if you're a large enough organisation with immense amounts of cash". -- Marcus Taylor (Database Application Developer) London Internet Exchange Ltd. 2nd Floor Trinity Court, Trinity Street, PE1 1DA Registered England and Wales number 3137929 DDI 01733 207724
