Funny enough, there is a fairly similar reaction in Russia. As in "Why the state agency is enlisting to help capitalists from the potential enemy country?"
Just a small example from Moscow, Russia. I have ~7 ISP available at my appartment complex, I pay $12 for 100/100 mbit/s a month. Unlimited. No caps whatsoever.
Interesting perspective. As Russian, I can relate to that - after all years of anti-capitalism, Putin brought back the fear of US and "West" and democracy in ordinary people with propaganda quite easily.
While pretty much everyone in russian internet community thinks that this will flop, the article is wrong on a few things.
It's impossible to take over Yandex. State-owned Sberbank hold "golden share" and can block any acquisitions.
It's actually not the Russian Government, but Rostelecom - state-owned telecom almost-monopoly.
Also, fun fact. The VP of Rostelecom, responsible for this project - Alexey Basov is a former founder of Begun, one of the first contextual advertising startups in the world, that Google tried to buy in 2008. The deal was blocked by Russian anti-monopoly commission.
First of all, new law also applies to links, including search engines and social networks. Also the wording is so vague, that its possible to apply it to individuals.
Fair Use provisions of Russian civil law are ignored.
It bends Russian Procedure Law - all cases will be reviewed by Court of Moscow.
And finally, today they introduced new law with fines up to $30000 for companies and individuals that refuse to police content. That's additional to blocking and whatever money court will award rightholder.
Oh, and USA lobby is totally behind this. http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/3619
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense." -- Henry Ford
I'v met James Waterworth from CCIA not long ago and we've talked about international issues and future. Will be promoting this research in Russia for sure!
In the Techcrunch comments author Jon Evans links to fantastic article about whole "fire in the theater" premise and Schenck case. Really worth a read.
http://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough/
Funny enough, there is a fairly similar reaction in Russia. As in "Why the state agency is enlisting to help capitalists from the potential enemy country?"
Example of competion in broadband
Just a small example from Moscow, Russia. I have ~7 ISP available at my appartment complex, I pay $12 for 100/100 mbit/s a month. Unlimited. No caps whatsoever.
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SoundCloud is a swedish company based in Germany.
The site is rejecting my card :(.
Is this US only?
So, Internet users are more dangerous than gun holders..
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Except of course Russian Parliament just passed the law that allows blocking any site after copyright claim on any type of content
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Interesting perspective. As Russian, I can relate to that - after all years of anti-capitalism, Putin brought back the fear of US and "West" and democracy in ordinary people with propaganda quite easily.
Wrong facts
While pretty much everyone in russian internet community thinks that this will flop, the article is wrong on a few things.
It's impossible to take over Yandex. State-owned Sberbank hold "golden share" and can block any acquisitions.
It's actually not the Russian Government, but Rostelecom - state-owned telecom almost-monopoly.
Also, fun fact. The VP of Rostelecom, responsible for this project - Alexey Basov is a former founder of Begun, one of the first contextual advertising startups in the world, that Google tried to buy in 2008. The deal was blocked by Russian anti-monopoly commission.
Russia will follow
Similar proposals were made by russian parliament members few months ago.
First of all, new law also applies to links, including search engines and social networks. Also the wording is so vague, that its possible to apply it to individuals.
Fair Use provisions of Russian civil law are ignored.
It bends Russian Procedure Law - all cases will be reviewed by Court of Moscow.
And finally, today they introduced new law with fines up to $30000 for companies and individuals that refuse to police content. That's additional to blocking and whatever money court will award rightholder.
Oh, and USA lobby is totally behind this. http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/3619
Re: China's prices are artificially LOWERED by slave labor.
US prices were lowered by slave labor for a century.
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While IRS tactics does remind me of NGO bashing in our country, please do not compare your ELECTED PRESIDENT to our full-blown DICTATOR
Re: Re: The Dawn peTROLL and Clayton Christensen's Favorite Disruptive Example
I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense." -- Henry Ford
It seems like draft law is a result of this:
http://www.ustr.gov/webfm_send/3619
Thank you so much!
Especially for Russian part.
I'v met James Waterworth from CCIA not long ago and we've talked about international issues and future. Will be promoting this research in Russia for sure!
Re: lawl
In draft, there is a specifications on how DPI will work with IPv6 and IPSec.
Re: ITU.2770 Draft - here!
I'v read ITU-labeled version of draft, but it seems pretty much the same. And horrifying.
Isn't like every single large IT company has Irish office? I wonder how they feel about such claims from newspapers.
Brands pay millions for product placement, yet Budwesier don't want a free advertising? How crazy is that?
In the Techcrunch comments author Jon Evans links to fantastic article about whole "fire in the theater" premise and Schenck case. Really worth a read.
http://www.popehat.com/2012/09/19/three-generations-of-a-hackneyed-apologia-for-censorship-are-enough/