arstechnica.com— In response to a strong outcry from both the academic world and from readers like you, the anti-P2P amendment slipped into the Higher Education Act has been withdrawn without even so much as a defense.
Jul 25, 2007View in Crawl 4
It's not about the RIAA, it's not about music, or filesharing, or even colleges. Do you think the government has the authority to require one organization to censor content at the behest of another?
This will be death of one of open sources greatest method of sharing open source software. Hell MIT and other such institutes have tons of students who act like seeders for many linux distro distibution. curb their access and you would have a hard time getting decent distro fast. this is especially true for smaller distros like sabayon linux which primarily depend on torrents to get their things through.
It's only broadcast TV, and yes because so many people complain. I mean you can always change the channel, but it's because you don't have to pay to get them, and thus anyone can "accidentally" view/hear vulgar material, whereas cable and satellite must be bought and you actively choose to accept stuff like that being shown on your screen. It's still BS, but it's only like channels 2-13 up here that are broadcast, and channels like Fox and even ABC still allow copious amounts of violence and swearing.
It's a good thing you aren't an RIAA sympathizer because in the eyes of many diggers, you'd be the equivalent of someone that isn't voting for Ron Paul.
austin63Jul 26, 2007
It's not about the RIAA, it's not about music, or filesharing, or even colleges. Do you think the government has the authority to require one organization to censor content at the behest of another?
Closed AccountJul 26, 2007
This will be death of one of open sources greatest method of sharing open source software. Hell MIT and other such institutes have tons of students who act like seeders for many linux distro distibution. curb their access and you would have a hard time getting decent distro fast. this is especially true for smaller distros like sabayon linux which primarily depend on torrents to get their things through.
tabrisJul 26, 2007
It's only broadcast TV, and yes because so many people complain. I mean you can always change the channel, but it's because you don't have to pay to get them, and thus anyone can "accidentally" view/hear vulgar material, whereas cable and satellite must be bought and you actively choose to accept stuff like that being shown on your screen. It's still BS, but it's only like channels 2-13 up here that are broadcast, and channels like Fox and even ABC still allow copious amounts of violence and swearing.
dangermouse9Jul 26, 2007
It's a good thing you aren't an RIAA sympathizer because in the eyes of many diggers, you'd be the equivalent of someone that isn't voting for Ron Paul.
modadJul 26, 2007
You're defining words and using them to reveal the hypocrisy of others. You're such a terrorist for doing so :)
wooteryJul 27, 2007
f**k that.Freedom of expression is more important than not offending people.