On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Paul Saenz <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Jeff, I don't want to characterize you or anyone on this list. > My frustration is with the American people in general. That may or may > not include anyone, and I cannot make that judgment even with people I > may know well. Anyways, I'm with you, and I am going to do what I can > to resist internet censorship in the U.S.A. > > Paul
I take a different tack... censorship is a part of a larger issue of freedom and liberty generally but only part. I'm personally less concerned with states attempting to keep secrets from enemies than I am with corporate concentration and abuse of power over individuals and smaller businesses. Like, DMCA is a problem of overreach of content owners. Lifetime + 70 copyrights, same thing. On patents: software patents, and patent reform in the form of first-to-file patents. Net neutrality is portrayed by the right as somehow an issue of freedom and government intrusion, when in fact the whole point is to add some government regulation to protect nascent small internet businesses and individuals from being squashed by carriers and content owners. -- John. _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
