Somewhat OT: Information Wave bans RIAA

[pll at lanminds.com]

In a message dated: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 13:32:53 EDT
bscott at ntisys.com said:

>On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, at 1:16pm, Ben Boulanger wrote:
>> IWT Bans RIAA From Accessing Its Network
>
>  "And so it begins..."

Yeah, at first I was pretty happy with this announcement, but now I'm 
thinking it's just a form of censorship.  They have no right to tell 
me what sites I visit.  If I were a customer of theirs, I'd be paying 
for *Internet* access.  That means the whole Internet.  Not just the 
sites that they've deemed safe for me to visit.

Of course, I'm not a customer of theirs, nor do I ever expect to be.
I also don't think this will have an overly large impact on most 
people, since most people are completely unaware that the RIAA and 
MPAA are slowly stealing peoples rights to begin with.

So, as Ben S. said:

	"And so it begins..."

It will be amusing who sues for what, and what the counter-suits will 
be as well :)
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