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Lawsuit against Baidu rejected on First Amendment grounds

lundi 31 mars 2014 à 14:00

A lawsuit against Baidu, for imposing pro-China censorship for users in the US, has been rejected on First Amendment grounds.

This was a no-brainer. Baidu has no legal obligation to mention criticism of China, any more than stallman.org has an obligation to mention right-wing propaganda.

What's wrong with the internet in China is that netizens can't find criticism of China somewhere else.

Privatised Enforcement: A Threat to Our Civil Liberties Online

lundi 31 mars 2014 à 14:00

Privatised Enforcement: A Threat to Our Civil Liberties Online.

If you learn that Paypal made an agreement to "protect intellectual property", those propaganda words should be a clue that this agreement is bad. (In fact it entails cutting service to its own clients.) I believe it should be illegal for an important internet service to cut off a client without going to court.

Readers Digest gives in to China's demand for censorship

lundi 31 mars 2014 à 14:00

Readers Digest does printing in China, so when printers in China demanded censorship of a book in English, Readers Digest gave in rather than spend $30,000 more to print the book.

This is one of the many forms of harm done by globalization of business, driven by unjust treaties such as the WTO.

After seven years, one person removed from US no-fly list

lundi 31 mars 2014 à 14:00

After seven years, one person (Rahinah Ibrahim) has been removed from the US no-fly list by a court. But nothing has changed in the system, and the next victim could find it just as difficult as it was for her.

The no-fly list is punishment without trial and should be considered unconstitutional.

Bad news: the movie industry's income increased again

lundi 31 mars 2014 à 14:00

Bad news: the movie industry's income increased again, proving that there is no danger forbidden sharing will wipe out the movie companies any time soon.

That's unfortunate. These companies spend their money on propaganda campaigns saying that sharing is "piracy", and lobbying for unjust laws such as SOPA and ACTA. Much of Europe has effectively adopted the parts of SOPA.

I regard the movie companies as enemies of our freedom. I practice a not-quite-boycott of Hollywood: I never to pay to see a movie unless I have reason to think it is good. In principal, this is quite different from a total boycott of Hollywood. In practice, there is little difference. If you catch yourself and stop yourself when you are about to agree to "go see a movie" without knowing which one, you will join my not-quite-boycott.

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