Since it's already passed into law, is there anything we can do here? Would there be a chance for the Supreme Court to declare it as unconstitutional?
Now, it's just my cent. On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Jubert Ledesma <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]> <[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 >>> Listhttp://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. 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