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zalternate
join:2007-02-22
BC
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1 edit | More internet blocking in Canada, than you think
Something called 'The Great Firewall of Canada' does exist.
So many sites in the States are blocked in Canada, or re-routed to the Canadian site..This has to do with greedy TV networks in Canada that think it's legal to do this, because they own the Television rights to whatever material they censor.
The internet is supposed to be free, yet in Canada, the population is either too dumb to notice or will not fight the crap that goes on..
'Freedom of Communication' is a right and not to be removed, so that some scum bags can make billions by censoring others. | |
SiliconBandt
join:2008-05-24
Winnipeg, MB
| said by zalternate  :Something called 'The Great Firewall of Canada' does exist. Yea, the U.S ISP's, websites and so on.  LOL
said by zalternate :So many sites in the States are blocked in Canada, or re-routed to the Canadian site..This has to do with greedy TV networks in Canada that think it's legal to do this, because they own the Television rights to whatever material they censor. Explain to me the difference between televised content and internet websites, how said companies implement television content broadcast rights to something like a wiki entry and the re-route idea is common in any country. Do a toplevel domain search in the UK, China etc. Same thing.
said by zalternate :The internet is supposed to be free, yet in Canada, the population is either too dumb to notice or will not fight the crap that goes on.. We've got a whole different set of legal irritants to deal with. Resisting U.S buyouts of our country being one of them, or so the joke goes. 
said by zalternate :'Freedom of Communication' is a right and not to be removed, so that some scum bags can make billions by censoring others. So long as it meets corporate approved guidelines free speech is entirely up to the corporate citizen. And the "scumbags" have been doing the same thing since the advent of the net. Merchandising and media blanket marketting baby. Pretty soon ads will be everywhere you are..oh wait, they are already.
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