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That's not a reasonable comparison, though. Pandora or YouTube access isn't being censored by the German government. It's being withheld on the other end due t
by mortenjorck 16y ago
That's not a reasonable comparison, though.
Pandora or YouTube access isn't being censored by the German government. It's being withheld on the other end due to old-world notions of regional broadcast rights. Pandora and YouTube haven't paid the rights holders for the right to "broadcast" in Germany, so the licensors insist that they cut off access to Germany from the source.
What is being discussed in the article, however, is indeed censorship. If EU State Security gets its way, it will indeed be like East German radio.
- FrojoS 16y agoSure, I know, but still, thanks for pointing this out explicitly. Its true, I tried to provoke a bit and its not a totally faire comparison. However, its still against the idea of the Internet, when I can only access certain content from certain locations, no? And its also somehow censorship, though the proper term may be "regional broadcast rights". Its true, that the German government does not actively support this, but I don't see them fight it either. For instance they could insist, that different regional broad cast rights, especially online, should be baned by the WTO. We do similar thing for inter-EU trade all the time. This new law, like so many, who try to come over the backdoor of European law, is definitely on a different level. I just wanted to point out, that its already far from roses and unicorns here.
- jodrellblank 16y ago"Against the idea of the Internet" is not like being unconstitutional, but that seems to be the kind of weight you are giving it. Maybe they don't like the idea of the Internet?