From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 17 23:07:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EC511065678 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:07:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lobo@bsd.com.br) Received: from mail-yw0-f54.google.com (mail-yw0-f54.google.com [209.85.213.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01DB88FC16 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:07:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ywe9 with SMTP id 9so2582670ywe.13 for ; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:23 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.101.210.20 with SMTP id m20mr153480anq.93.1321571243165; Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from papi.localnet ([177.98.48.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i67sm8138476yhm.16.2011.11.17.15.07.21 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:07:22 -0800 (PST) From: Mario Lobo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:07:49 -0300 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (FreeBSD/8.2-STABLE; KDE/4.6.2; amd64; ; ) References: In-Reply-To: X-KMail-Markup: true MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201111172007.49715.lobo@bsd.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: [OT] but concerns all of us X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:07:24 -0000 On Thursday 17 November 2011 17:28:39 Dave U. Random wrote: > They already p0wned the root servers. Look at the Microsoft case. The > federales went into private server farms and set up their own boxes. You > think anything goes through American backbones and the guys in black suits > with no sense of humor don't know about it, and can't reroute it or DOS it > or make funny things happen already? Wake up and smell the Constitution > burning. Yes but it isn't "legal" .... YET! > > Aren't there enough laws already to protect copyright? > > There are too many laws now to protect anything. I believe that this whole discussion boils down to one comment I just saw on ZDNET: "Yes, our government is trying to censor the web. So is the UK. Our corrupt officials have sold our government to the highest bidder, and it is now operated by the rich for the rich... and they fear an American Spring(**) like the ones now being celebrated throughout the middle east. After crushing the citizens under heel for so long, they see what open communications have brought in Arabian countries and fear the same here. Thus, the land of the free and it's free speech must become a thing of the past so that the rich can continue to get richer and the poor may be oppressed more easily. Perhaps I am becoming a cynical old man as I watch them disassemble my constitution, but these are sad times : sad times indeed. Regards, Jon" (**) which is already happening !! I think that this is what they want to stop. People are becoming aware of things, not through official statements, PBS, the State of the Union Address or mainstream media, but through each other! Fast and uncensored ! And from any point of the planet. Facts that would never come to public awareness otherwise.And this knowledge is empowering people to take to the streets knowing exactly why. Copyright, laws, intellectual property and legal jargons are nothing but smoke and mirrors. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] (99% winblows FREE)