[Telecentres] [Wsis-pct] Obama calls for free Internet in China... is Internet really free afterall ? : For Information: IGF 2009 event rattled by UN Security Office

[rusdiah]

rrusdiah at yahoo.com wrote:
> There is a saying... 'the boss is always right'... so is hegemony, 
> always right... because they make the rule so their saying is always 
> right :-)
>
> so regarding IPR, priority watch list, censorship, wiretapping... if 
> you are the boss then you may with reason of course,... if not,then 
> you are against the rule :-)
>
> i agree with 'Evil of one kind in country A does not excuse evil of 
> another kind in
> country B'
>
> rr - apwkomitel
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Richard Stallman <rms at gnu.org>
> *To:* rusdiah <rusdiah at rad.net.id>
> *Cc:* robin at IPJUSTICE.ORG; atf2007 at dgroups.org; 
> harris38 at netvigator.com; rrusdiah at yahoo.com; telecentres at wsis-cs.org; 
> jtarawe at bario.net; NCUC-DISCUSS at LISTSERV.SYR.EDU; wsis-pct at fsfeurope.org
> *Sent:* Wed, November 18, 2009 7:10:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Wsis-pct] Obama calls for free Internet in China... is 
> Internet really free afterall ? : For Information: IGF 2009 event 
> rattled by UN Security Office
>
>     Internet is not as free after all, every country in the world has
>     censorship policy and wiretapping policy  of its own...
>
> Not all countries block access to particular Internet sites.  (The US
> does not.)  It is true that many countries have such policies or are
> trying to establish them.  This is an injustice no matter where it is
> done, and no matter what the excuse.
>
> Obama does not favor an "open internet".  Outside of countries such as
> China, the nastiest form of restriction of the internet is the War on
> Sharing, which Obama supports.  So he is being hypocritical here.
>
> How should we respond to his hypocrisy?  Should we reject criticism of
> China, just because someone who also does wrong joins in the
> criticism?  Certainly not!  What we should do is criticize the US
> _also_.
>
> Evil of one kind in country A does not excuse evil of another kind in
> country B.
>
>     How about also free software movement... freeing people from monopoly
>     licensing of proprietary (IPR)
>
> I agree with the sentiment, but it is not good to use the term "IPR".
> It doesn't refer to anythin coherent.  What it SEEMS to mean is a
> false picture of actual laws, and a false idea of their motives.
>
> See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/not-ipr.html.
>
>
>


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