Friday, June 11, 2004

Bye bye to liberty in cyberspace

This is really sad. ISPs are censoring stuff even without checking whether things are in public domain.
As part of a recent research project, I posted a section of Mill's On Liberty on the internet (which is clearly in the public domain), then issued unfounded copyright complaints against it (1). One internet service provider (ISP) removed the chapter almost immediately. This illustrates the problem with self-censorship procedures, which rely on hidden judgements being made by unaccountable bodies.

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