[brlug-general] Blocking port 25 does not cure spam problems.

[Dustin Puryear]

DeCSS is far different than port blocking or the freedom of a network.
DeCSS is about the convolution of copyright laws. Even with an entirely
"free" network, the same issues would revolve around DeCSS.

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willhill wrote:
> We should not aspire to be like China.  As long as networks use public 
> servitude, they are yours.  Cox, ATT and friends are supposed to be your 
> servants rather than your masters.  We should not have to bow and beg for 
> things that harm no one.  If you ignore freedom in your persuit 
> of "neutrality" or "choice" you won't get either.
> 
> A good case of censorship damage is DeCSS.  You can get it and it works but 
> you have to go through a lot of trouble and you might not trust what you get.  
> In the mean time, Microsoft and Apple can cheerily tell people that free 
> software is not ready for prime time because it can't be used to watch 
> commercial DVDs.  
> 
> On Sunday 23 September 2007 7:19 pm, Fernando Vilas wrote:
>> ...
>> The internet will route around it, partly because of the infrastructure
>> itself, partly because of consumer movement inspiring competition on
>> the "freedom" side of the offerings (net neutrality debates aside), and
>> partly because places that restrict themselves will eventually be surpassed
>> by other places that don't.
>>
>> One only needs look at what is going on in China, and to a lesser extent
>> other countries, to realize that this is so.  Those that want the
>> information find a way to get it in spite of things like TCP resets, which
>> are worse than simple port blocking.  As a recent movie was fond of telling
>> us, "You can't stop the signal."  Or in terms of the FLOSS movement,
>> "information wants to be free"
> 
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