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Comment First place! (Score 1) 221

Hell yeah. Proud to be Estonian.

Every once in a while discussion seems to pop up on the subject of freedom of expression on the Internet but so far, as for making decisions, common sense seems to have prevailed. I hope that it stays that way for a while more.

Comment Re:let them pass all the laws they want (Score 1) 284

I fucking care.

I'm sick and tired of everybody here cheering that "Internet routes around such damage etc." and proposing that we should just let them do that to us.

That's just idiotic. Every day I'm hearing of tougher and more unjust laws being proposed by these people and every now and then these laws are accepted and become parts of our justice system. Every time a law like this gets passed we move closer and closer to the point in time where your explanation that you just "routed around damage" will no longer save you from going to jail or becoming bankrupt.

They are changing the world for the worse and I do not intend to sit and let that happen. You say they are already defeated. I do not see that. I only see that they are interfering with my life more and more each day while still making tremendous profits and gaining more power.

I'm afraid that in ten years I can be put in jail for downloading tor or for refusing the media companies to take my computer in for a compulsory check for illegally downloaded media.

Open you fucking eyes.

Comment Re:Shutting them down just not possible (Score 1) 94

Protip: Movies do not actually cost tens of millions. Most of the money goes for supporting spoiled Hollywood actors who for some reason are considered necessary for a profitable films and special effects that can actually be accomplished for a lot less. You don't really need that much money for a good film. You just need talent and skill and motivation.

Comment Re:Remember this is the UK (Score 2, Insightful) 554

As an analogy, imagine a shed in your yard that you keep locked. Law enforcement would, under almost all circumstances, require probable cause or a warrant based on probable cause in order to go onto your property and search that shed. However, if they already knew, with little doubt, that there was illegal material in that very shed, then they have the legal justification for a warrant, or a subpoena of whatever information is necessary to open the shed.

It's a funny law in this case, as you can be arrested and convicted for not letting the police into that shed in your back yard even if you have no shed in your back yard. Everyone with a back yard (hard drive) could be convicted to jail without any proof. Convenient.

I'm afraid to travel to the U.K. even with my laptop's harddrive overwritten with /dev/urandom because if they say it's an encrypted drive, how will I prove it's not?

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