Save The Internet: Net Neutrality Threatened Once Again
Posted by: biggandy, in Blogging, ComputerA court in Sydney, Australia has ruled that linking to sites outside of the local domain is illegal and constitutes copyright infringement and piracy. See story here (Is It Now Illegal To Link To Other Websites?)
Lunacy!
That is what the “INTER” in internet means, INTERCONNECTED networks! If linking between sites is deemed piracy then the so called Internet 2 will be more like an apartment building than a superhighway of information. Data and sites will be pigeon-holed into compartments rather than freely and openly available to all on a Neutral playing field.
This isn’t a “cry wolf” type scam like the government wanting to tax each piece of email sent in the U.S., this is the real deal. Too many interests have too much money wrapped up into throttling the internet for them to give up the fight. And this round seems to be going to the bad guys. By purposely writing in vague legal mumbo-jumbo, the lawyers can make ANY hot linking appear as illegal, not just to MP3s.
Keep this one on your radar folks. It isn’t going to go away. They want to take away a Neutral Net and they want to do it under the guise of making the Internet more secure.
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