posted by dennisn on January 6th, 2009 at 8:22PM
I don't think you fully appreciate what this surveillance implies. Let me rephrase it for you: IP-enforcement will inevitably kill freedom of thought. Now, if we live in a magical world where the authorities are good and right, then we have nothing to worry about! But, when we can't even agree on the laws, let alone uphold them--this is incredibly naive.
As I mentioned many times before, we already have systems that trivially bypass enforcement. Freenet. And the only thing that stands between this and Big Brother is a sleepy public who haven't yet been brainwashed to the propaganda that it is good for them to have their thoughts and communications monitored. But I'm sure this will be an easy sell.
I asked you once before what you felt about this *imminent* dilemma, and you casually nonchalantly dismissed it. You said something along the lines that the moderate enforcement that we have today works just fine--where a few kids are sued thousands of dollars, to scare a few other kids, etc. But what happens when everybody moves to Freenet?
(I also strongly disagree with Stallman on his IP bullshit. He pretty much has the same opinions as you. My license of choice, if I was forced to choose one, would be the WTFPL.)
As I mentioned many times before, we already have systems that trivially bypass enforcement. Freenet. And the only thing that stands between this and Big Brother is a sleepy public who haven't yet been brainwashed to the propaganda that it is good for them to have their thoughts and communications monitored. But I'm sure this will be an easy sell.
I asked you once before what you felt about this *imminent* dilemma, and you casually nonchalantly dismissed it. You said something along the lines that the moderate enforcement that we have today works just fine--where a few kids are sued thousands of dollars, to scare a few other kids, etc. But what happens when everybody moves to Freenet?
(I also strongly disagree with Stallman on his IP bullshit. He pretty much has the same opinions as you. My license of choice, if I was forced to choose one, would be the WTFPL.)
