On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:07:47 -0500, Warp wrote:

> scott <sco### [at] scottcom> wrote:
>> Well given that piracy is illegal, it seems a legitimate target for the
>> censors, but as with all these sort of schemes there will always be a
>> way around them and new ways of pirating software will pop up.  Just
>> look what happened with Napster when it was shut down, up popped
>> bitTorrent.  If suddenly they start censoring all sites that link to
>> torrents, then I'm 100% sure some new method will be invented that
>> makes it impossible to censor using the existing scheme.  By the time a
>> new scheme is dreamt up to fight the pirates, another system will be in
>> place, it's endless.
> 
>   And western countries will become no better than China in their
> totalitarian censorship policies...

Oh, come on - I think there's a bit of a difference between "you can't 
post material you don't have the rights to" and "you can't speak out 
against your government without risking your life".  Again, let's get 
some perspective, please.

Jim

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