US-Made Censorware Used To Oppress Burma

An anonymous reader writes "The Christian Science Monitor is reporting that US-made censorware is being used to oppress the people in many countries, including Burma. That in itself may not be surprising, but a more interesting point is that according to lawyers interviewed by the CS Monitor it appears to be legal — in spite of all the economic sanctions against the country, and even though people know it will be used to hush up any mention of things like attacks on peaceful protesters."

US-Made Censorware

[Anonymous Coward]

Translation: you can use photoshop to draw a black rectangle.

Re:Hmm?

[timmarhy]

damn it man, your wasting valuable flag burning time with your reason and logic!

What the Civilization games have taught us

[Hoi Polloi]

If the Civilization games have taught us anything, one thing is that you can still keep trading with hostile governments and frequently at a bigger profit. The other is keep your triremes near the shore.