Israel Latest To Force ISPs To Block Piracy

said by fAcEtIOUs:

... So, the only way to attack these sites is thru national controls over ISPs, ...

said by jester121:

The phrases "regulation" and "robust competition" are mutually exclusive.

said by Done_Posting:

In this particular situation, I'd have to say that it's up to Israel what to choose what to allow entrance into their country's networks. For example, if they have the right to ban pineapples from entering their physical borders, what's so different about banning certain Internet traffic?

Mind you, I also see the need for network neutrality (within reason), but in this particular situation I feel it's fair for Israel to close their "int3rn3tz t00bz" to whatever they wish. I'd prefer that they limit this kind of censorship to stuff that's actually illegal under their laws, but...

We have to learn to respect the sovereign rights of other nations. Failure to do so has cost countless sums of money and thousands of soldiers' lives in Iraq, and is also why most other countries currently despise us (the USA).

- Tate

said by Tzale:

This is why I'm glad I live in the U.S.... No matter what anyone says, the Government can't infringe on our right to free speech. They can try, but they're going to lose. Other nations don't usually have these provisions in their Constitutions.

-Tzale

said by fAcEtIOUs:

Since you are in here posting anti-admin comments all the time, how has your free speech rights been limited?

If they were limited, as you claim, you would be in prison instead of spouting as usual.

said by major marco:

Where have you been the past 8 years?

said by pnh102:

You need to dig deeper. "Free speech zones" have existed for far longer than 8 years.

»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speec···#History

said by major marco:

Well if Wiki says so, then it must be true and accurate!

You just keep on thinking that one, buddy.

said by major marco:

Where have you been the past 8 years?

said by Tzale:

They can try to take our rights away, but if you get a good lawyer, you can tell them to go screw themselves.

-Tzale

said by woody7:

what it had to do with is that "bush" wants to have the perception that that there are/is no one against him. If you are going to protest you have to do it someplace else or you are relegated to a spot where no one can see...The article was not about the "patriot act" or whatever name it goes by. It was about our most basic freedom, that we have the right to protest and how it is slowly be subverted.What is really troubling is this president espoused to be strong "constitutionalist" and has done more irreparable harm to it than any other president in history.What is happening here is as bad as in Israel. Knee jerk reaction on steroids. blatant censorship. I don't condone piracy, but...

said by woody7:

so spying/intercepting your email/phone calls by any telecom, that was probably strong armed at a minimum without legal due process is not stepping on your (all of us) right(s)? What exactly do you consider stepping on, I am curious? The people have allowed them, in their belief that they are being protected. Except for a few news broadcasts, where is the uproar? The real problem is that the so called democracies around the world are chipping slowly away at the rights of it's citizens, and for the most part they are like sheep. Blocking a website, just because a judge says so is censorship, plain and simple, Peace

This is why I'm glad I live in the U.S.... No matter what anyone says, the Government can't infringe on our right to free speech. They can try, but they're going to lose.

said by Done_Posting:

We have to learn to respect the sovereign rights of other nations. Failure to do so has cost countless sums of money and thousands of soldiers' lives in Iraq, and is also why most other countries currently despise us (the USA).

- Tate

said by caco:

Bravo! Bravo! Linking Israel blocking some sites to Iraq War! Amazing, in a freakish kind of way. Someone has to come up with a version of Godwin's Law for the Iraq War.

said by Doctor Four:

If this is like other ISP blocking of Torrent sites, there
are ways around such. Encryption, and use of alternative
DNS means such blocks are completely ineffective.

And until Israel decided to block it, no one had ever
heard of httpshare. Now watch as traffic at the site
skyrockets.

Like the Danish Pirate Bay block and the Wikileaks
incident, efforts of this sort to censor parts of
the Internet backfire horribly.