UK to censor the Internet
By petersum
@petersum (4522)
United States
April 30, 2012 1:29pm CST
Here's the story
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17894176
So the question is, is this just the beginning? Or is it another case of going for the only pirate that the politicians know the name of?
Afterall, there are hundreds of torrent sites. They can't possibly block them all.
The wider question of intellectual property rights is another matter that has already been discussed on mylot many times before. Here, I'm just interested to know your views on the practical ways and means of censoring the Internet. Is it even possible? And what happens to the perfectly legal torrents that are served via these sites? Do we have to lose legal material just so you can't see a few illegal items?
To me, it's like saying - Don't show ANY pictures of humans in case they are pornographic. Can you imagine all your holiday snaps being banned?
There has to be a better way!
Your views please.
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3 responses
@AwesomeGuy250 (334)
• United States
30 Apr 12
I'm getting tired of goverments around the world censoring the internet. I don't think it is possible to stop all torrent sites or sites that infringe copyright. I think there is more to it, then them just wanting to do this to prevent copyright infringement. They want to infringe on our rights. What happended to freedom of speech, expression? I also agree, there is a disdain against torrents, cause so many people think they are used to distribute copyright material. While torrents can be used for that, they can also be used for legal purposes, such as distributing large files like linux distros in torrents, which are legal.
@AwesomeGuy250 (334)
• United States
30 Apr 12
Exactly. You wouldn't believe how much opposition there is to torrents. So many people think they are used just to distribute illegal material. They can be used for legal things too. I'm not much of a Linux user, but I get your point entirley.
@dandan07 (1906)
• China
1 May 12
i can not understand why UK do that, for the Olympic?
In china, all things seems to censor, live here is uncomfortable.
If we want to buy a knife for family use, there is a censorship? And we can not use Twitter and Facebook to communicate with people in other part of the world.
@fannitia (2167)
• Bulgaria
30 Apr 12
Hi, Petersum, I don't have much time tu use torrent sites but my daughter does this.
I don't think that UK government or any other government in the world would be able to block torrents. As they try to overpower Pirate bay, the Pirate Party in Germany is gaining power
. And we saw huge anti ACTA protests, they made a difference. Even in my country where the government almost secretly had signed something about ATCA, they said that they withdraw themselves from this.
I'm more optimistic that you on this issue. But let's see. Good luck!
. And we saw huge anti ACTA protests, they made a difference. Even in my country where the government almost secretly had signed something about ATCA, they said that they withdraw themselves from this.
I'm more optimistic that you on this issue. But let's see. Good luck!