[pp.int.general] !! Denmark censors Internet, blocks The Pirate Bay

[Ole Husgaard]

Carlos Ayala wrote:
> ----- Mensaje original ----
> De: Jan Huwald <jh at sotun.de>
> Enviado: lunes, 4 de febrero, 2008 16:41:44
> > How is it technically done? In Germany we already helped 
> circumventing a brainless censor approach and would be
> > keen on aiding again.
The simple DNS blocking is trivially easy, and completely legal to work 
around.
> It is true that such measures can be circumvented, like DRM. However, 
> at least in Spain, circumventing DRM is a crime -article 270.3 of 
> Spanish Penal Code (in Spanish) 
> <http://noticias.juridicas.com/base_datos/Penal/lo10-1995.l2t13.html#a270> 
> (Spanish common law); not just using circumvention tools, but just 
> having them-, so we in PIRATA think that circumventing is not a 
> long-term solution -also we think that it's a dangerous path to say 
> "web blockade? never mind! it can be circumvented" because it would 
> happen exactly the same that happens with filesharing (in Spain, as 
> filesharing legal status is somehow unclear, some people uses to say 
> "no problem, if filesharing is illegalized I'll continue filesharing, 
> as long as I'm not going to be catched by justice")-.
Although I tend to think that Denmark is one of the most repressive 
regimes in Europe regarding copyright, it is actually legal to own 
circumvention tools here. It is also in some special cases legal to use 
these tools to circumvent DRM, for example if it is needed to view 
legally purchased DRM content. Our local Linux users group has quite a 
bit of political influence, and they got a bit angry when our government 
wanted to outlaw Linux DVD players because they were not officially 
approved players.

Although I have the flu right now, I'm trying to get a demonstration 
arranged here in Denmark to protest this. But this should be arranged 
with our local pirate activist group (piratgruppen.org), and they are 
extremely busy talking with the press right now. I hope they will call 
me back in a few hours so we can set a date and time.

Best Regards,

Ole Husgaard.

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