Holy fucking shit!!!!!!!!!!
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2003 12:40 pm
And how often do I say something like "Holy fucking shit!!!!!!!!!!" Check this shiznau out. Does this mean Windows XP is illegal to possess? (if the bill passes that is)
Firewalls Illegal?
Here is an example of the law gone awry. How can protecting your personal information be illegal? Good God, who knows…but when you get all them congressmen and senators all fired up and scared of the intarweb, laws like these get passed.
The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The bills are obviously related to each other somehow, since they are textually similar. Here is one example of the far-reaching harmful effects of these bills. Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, or use of technologies that "conceal from a communication service provider ... the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication". Your ISP is a communcation service provider, so anything that concealed the origin or destination of any communication from your ISP would be illegal -- with no exceptions.
Firewalls Illegal?
Here is an example of the law gone awry. How can protecting your personal information be illegal? Good God, who knows…but when you get all them congressmen and senators all fired up and scared of the intarweb, laws like these get passed.
The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The bills are obviously related to each other somehow, since they are textually similar. Here is one example of the far-reaching harmful effects of these bills. Both bills would flatly ban the possession, sale, or use of technologies that "conceal from a communication service provider ... the existence or place of origin or destination of any communication". Your ISP is a communcation service provider, so anything that concealed the origin or destination of any communication from your ISP would be illegal -- with no exceptions.