EU Commissioner: We Cannot Allow ISP Disconnects 106
Fluffeh writes "The EU Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has been making some interesting comments about privacy, copyright and many aspects of the digital age. Going so far as to quote the Free Software Foundation and Yochai Benkler, she says: 'Openness is also complex because sometimes it's unclear what it means. ... In the Arab Spring, many brave activists successfully used the open Internet to coordinate peaceful protests. In response, despotic governments sought to control or close down Internet access; and also used ICT tools as a tool of surveillance and repression. We cannot allow democratic voices to be silenced in that way. And I am committed to ensuring "No Disconnect" in countries that struggle for democracy. We must help such activists get around arbitrary disruptions to their basic freedoms.'"
The struggle for democracy (Score:3, Informative)
I am committed to ensuring "No Disconnect" in countries that struggle for democracy.
But not, I suppose, in those that have stopped struggling.
Re:So when it comes to 3 strikes.... (Score:5, Informative)
Have you seen the laws that the UK has passed about the London olympics [guardian.co.uk] at the behest of the IOC? Criminalizing "unauthorized association" with the games? That's right, actually making it a criminal offense that the police will try to track down. All to protect the "sponsors", who pay about $800 million of the multi-billion-dollar price tag.
The modern Olympics are a cesspool of corruption hiding under the auspices of Sport.