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Pirate Bay, MegaUpload & Others Blocked By Government Order in Malaysia
- hsmyers 15y agoGiven that governments are immune to the rule of law, why do they bother to lie about their actions? Waste of time and paper seems to me. They choose to distinguish between 'censor' and 'remove' claiming that one is not the other. I'm sure that all of the users involved will clearly understand the 'subtle' distinction involved in the Orwell-speak...
- randallsquared 15y agoNon-totalitarian governments are not immune from public opinion, and, more relevantly, individual bureaucrats and politicians are certainly not so immune.
- jasonzemos 15y agoNo government is immune from public opinion, that's why no government that rules by pure force has ever lasted a significant period of time either.
- skrause 15y ago... in Malaysia.
- loboman 15y agoYes, that should be in the title.
- xxpor 15y agoWhy does the Malaysian gov bother listening to the movie and music industries? What do they lose if they don't block (i.e. have some companies threatened to move out? Threatened not to film there anymore?)? edit: fixed my split infinitive.
- ceejayoz 15y agoUS diplomatic pressure has been quietly and not-so-quietly exerted on piracy-friendly nations (China's a good example) in the past.
- rapidstuff 15y agoAbsolutely ridiculous and myopic move by the government. Its probably a bunch of junior government workers influencing the retiring decision makers
- drinian 15y agoMalaysia is pretty liberal, but there's still a lot of content, like pornography, that's illegal there. It's probably not just about protecting American content providers.
- Qz 15y agoFYI, the split infinitive 'rule' isn't actually a rule. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive#Current_views
- xxpor 15y agoFTA: Splitting infinitives with negations remains an area of contention: I want to not see you anymore. I soon learned to not provoke her. That's interesting, because that's what I had done.
- forgotmyuser 15y agoLook like they're going to have to rely on proxies.
- chrisjsmith 15y agoThese guys aren't much better in the UK. They transparently break bits of the Internet regularly. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Watch_Foundation
- Metapony 15y agoThey were trying to block all the copies of Zoolander they could.