--- Kevin Guidry <krguidry@gmail.com> wrote:
On 4/22/07, elw@stderr.org <elw@stderr.org> wrote:
"The Net interprets censorship as damage and
routes around it." --John Gilmore (EFF).
I fail to see how this is applicable in this instance. No, the state laws danah mentioned will not shut down websites and services.....
There is another cliche by Volohk (sp). Borders are still useful; they tell us where the folks with the guns are. As giddy as early cyberlibertarians were that the Net was not regulatable, the guys with the guns (law enforcement) have managed to enact any number of laws that (somewhat) effectively regulate the 'Net. DMCA. 911 Obligations for VoIP. CALEA. COPPA. .... The ability to route around failure assumes Baran's distributed network design. As networks consolidate and become less distributed, the ability to reroute is restrained. If the local network, for example, where the end user has a choice of only one network (or can go to a second network but with high switching costs) chooses to enforce regulation (their own or a states), the end user will have difficulty routing around the "failure." =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Cybertelecom :: Federal Internet Law & Policy www.cybertelecom.org Washington hOCKEY Wiki wockey.stikipad.com News Tryouts Clubs Leagues Pickup Rinks Info