Submission + - Fuck you, Slashdot!
AV_ACE writes: "Fuck you all!"
Submission + - Finland wants all Internet discussions moderated
appelsiini writes: Finnish state-attorney Mika Ilman has proposed, that there will be a law for mandatory moderation of all web-boards and alike in the Internet taking out "irrelevant" messages. Ilman, who is specialized — hold your laughter — in freedom of speech, says operators and services would be forced to use moderators, and lack of moderation would be punishable by law.
Current law states, that if board or newsgroup is not moderated, administrator is not responsible in any way what content messages has. It seems this is now going to change, and it goes the way it's done in People's Republic of China. Operators and services would be held punishable by all content that goes through, so they must filter out content like slandering.
Self-censorship to the extreme, call it "Finlandizierung".
We may just wait whole EU wide legislation. This kind of a action could also make services like Google Groups illegal, and therefore have to be filtered out from the Internet traffic nationwide. Even Russia will soon have more freedom of speech, than Finland.
Article in largest Finnish daily-newspaper Helsingin Sanomat (In Finnish). English article will follow soon(tm).
Submission + - Fascist America, in 10 easy steps
Trubadur writes: Naomi Wolf in the article "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps" reveales steps to tyranny.
"From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all"
"It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. It is time for us to be willing to think the unthinkable — as the author and political journalist Joe Conason, has put it, that it can happen here. And that we are further along than we realise.
Conason eloquently warned of the danger of American authoritarianism. I am arguing that we need also to look at the lessons of European and other kinds of fascism to understand the potential seriousness of the events we see unfolding in the US."
"From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all"
"It is my argument that, beneath our very noses, George Bush and his administration are using time-tested tactics to close down an open society. It is time for us to be willing to think the unthinkable — as the author and political journalist Joe Conason, has put it, that it can happen here. And that we are further along than we realise.
Conason eloquently warned of the danger of American authoritarianism. I am arguing that we need also to look at the lessons of European and other kinds of fascism to understand the potential seriousness of the events we see unfolding in the US."
Submission + - Calif. Web site outsources news reporting
prasansk writes: The job posting was a head-scratcher: "We seek a newspaper journalist based in India to report on the city government and political scene of Pasadena, California, USA."
A reporter half a world away covering local street-light contracts and sewer repairs? A reporter who has never gotten closer to Pasadena than the telecast of the Rose Bowl parade?
Read more..http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070510/ap_on_bi _ge/outsourcing_the_news
Submission + - Australian Do Not Call Register launched
BarryHaworth writes: "The Australian Communications and Media Authority has announced that registrations are being accepted for the Australian Do Not Call Register. Once the register is active (from the 30th of May) numbers on the register may not be called by telemarketing companies subject to heavy fines. Numbers on the register may still be called by political parties, charities and market research companies.
Currently numbers may only be registered via the web, at www.donotcall.gov.au or by mail."
Currently numbers may only be registered via the web, at www.donotcall.gov.au or by mail."
Submission + - Macrovisions Letter to Steve Jobs
Martix writes: To Steve Jobs and the Digital Entertainment Industry:
I would like to start by thanking Steve Jobs for offering his provocative perspective on the role of digital rights management (DRM) in the electronic content marketplace and for bringing to the forefront an issue of great importance to both the industry and consumers. Macrovision has been in the content protection industry for more than 20 years, working closely with content owners of many types, including the major Hollywood studios, to help navigate the transition from physical to digital distribution. We have been involved with and have supported both prevention technologies and DRM that are on literally billions of copies of music, movies, games, software and other content forms, as well as hundreds of millions of devices across the world.
Can Read more hear http://www.macrovision.com/company/news/drm/respon se_letter.shtml
I would like to start by thanking Steve Jobs for offering his provocative perspective on the role of digital rights management (DRM) in the electronic content marketplace and for bringing to the forefront an issue of great importance to both the industry and consumers. Macrovision has been in the content protection industry for more than 20 years, working closely with content owners of many types, including the major Hollywood studios, to help navigate the transition from physical to digital distribution. We have been involved with and have supported both prevention technologies and DRM that are on literally billions of copies of music, movies, games, software and other content forms, as well as hundreds of millions of devices across the world.
Can Read more hear http://www.macrovision.com/company/news/drm/respo
