End of internet freedom in EU, Orwellian nightmare

[Eidekker]

http://www.blackouteurope.eu/
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/

The internet as we know it is at risk because of proposed new EU rules going through end of April. Under the proposed new rules, broadband providers will be legally able to limit the number of websites you can look
at, and to tell you whether or not you are allowed to use particular services. It will be dressed up as ‘new consumer options' which people can choose from. People will be offered TV-like packages - with a limited
number of options for you to access.

It means that the Internet will be packaged up and your ability to access and to put up content could be severely restricted. It will create boxes of Internet accessibility, which don't fit with the way we use it today. This is because internet is now permitting exchanges between persons which cannot be controlled or "facilitated" by any middlemen (the state or a corporation) and this possibility improves the citizen's life but force the industry to lose power and control. that's why they are pushing governments to act those changes.

The excuse is to control the flow of music, films and entertainment content against the alleged piracy by downloading for free, using P2P file-sharing. However, the real victims of this plan will be all Internet users and the democratic and independent access to information, culture goods.

this hasn't been covered in the news until now

George Orwell and Aldous Huxley were prophets after all.

P2P and child porn are just excuses to limit free speech by shutting down free internet.

[sgreger1]

Re: End of internet freedom in EU, Orwellian nightmare

http://www.blackouteurope.eu/
http://www.laquadrature.net/en/

The internet as we know it is at risk because of proposed new EU rules going through end of April. Under the proposed new rules, broadband providers will be legally able to limit the number of websites you can look
at, and to tell you whether or not you are allowed to use particular services. It will be dressed up as ‘new consumer options' which people can choose from. People will be offered TV-like packages - with a limited
number of options for you to access.

It means that the Internet will be packaged up and your ability to access and to put up content could be severely restricted. It will create boxes of Internet accessibility, which don't fit with the way we use it today. This is because internet is now permitting exchanges between persons which cannot be controlled or "facilitated" by any middlemen (the state or a corporation) and this possibility improves the citizen's life but force the industry to lose power and control. that's why they are pushing governments to act those changes.

The excuse is to control the flow of music, films and entertainment content against the alleged piracy by downloading for free, using P2P file-sharing. However, the real victims of this plan will be all Internet users and the democratic and independent access to information, culture goods.

this hasn't been covered in the news until now

George Orwell and Aldous Huxley were prophets after all.

P2P and child porn are just excuses to limit free speech by shutting down free internet.

Ive been waiting for the gov to try to censor the web sicne it first really kicked off in the 90's, but still not luck. They have definately made a few attempts.

the only hope I have is knowing that people are just so tech savvy in todays day that it seems the hackers on the street can outdo any security provision any company or government can come up with for some reason, lol, like ITUNES tries to make thier AAC files so you cant use them on other peoples computers and hackers just come up with a converted for the file-type lol.

I think there will emerge from this a huge HUGE underground movement and we'll probably have to have the Swiss provide us an anonymouse ISP connection lol

[lxskllr]

That's why huge central governments are bad. Everything's better decentralized... Networking, P2P, energy distribution, communications, and most importantly, government.

[slartie]

The EU parliament has voted against limiting access.