Comments on: Internet Bill of Rights kicks ass http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 11:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bilsko http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85818 Bilsko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85818 Cory, Thanks for pointing the way to the story - I can't seem to find the actual document in any of the links. The only relevant website I could find ( http://internet-bill-of-rights.org/en/ ) doesn't have anything either. Although I guess the second par. of your quoted text says "...will have to be set up..." so I imagine that the actual document is yet to come. Anxious to see it when its out. Cory, Thanks for pointing the way to the story – I can’t seem to find the actual document in any of the links.

The only relevant website I could find ( http://internet-bill-of-rights.org/en/ ) doesn’t have anything either.

Although I guess the second par. of your quoted text says “…will have to be set up…” so I imagine that the actual document is yet to come. Anxious to see it when its out.

]]> By: RadioGuy http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85892 RadioGuy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85892 Is "neutrability" actually a word? Is “neutrability” actually a word?

]]> By: Xiguli http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-86154 Xiguli Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-86154 This concept of inalienable rights in "the widest public space that mankind has ever known" really is cool--starry-eyed and likely to stay that way, maybe, but still cool. Freedom of expression is definitely a "kick-ass value" and I love to see people reminded how important it is. Curious, though, that BoingBoing has a policy of deleting comments. I've had mine deleted, without explanation, even though they weren't flamey or offensive. Cory, your response in #2 to Mokey in #1 is so awesomely the right way to handle a disliked comment--by responding intelligently to it. (Also good: ignoring it completely.) (Which, honestly, in this case, is the best I'm hoping for.) This concept of inalienable rights in “the widest public space that mankind has ever known” really is cool–starry-eyed and likely to stay that way, maybe, but still cool. Freedom of expression is definitely a “kick-ass value” and I love to see people reminded how important it is.

Curious, though, that BoingBoing has a policy of deleting comments. I’ve had mine deleted, without explanation, even though they weren’t flamey or offensive. Cory, your response in #2 to Mokey in #1 is so awesomely the right way to handle a disliked comment–by responding intelligently to it. (Also good: ignoring it completely.) (Which, honestly, in this case, is the best I’m hoping for.)

]]> By: Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85913 Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85913 It is now. It is now.

]]> By: mokey http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85724 mokey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85724 a market system? excuse me while i yak all over myself. a market system? excuse me while i yak all over myself.

]]> By: Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85743 Cory Doctorow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85743 Mokey, if you have a specific criticism (as opposed to taking one word out of context and then saying, essentially, I don't like that word), please articulate it. Your comment isn't really useful and sets a poor tone for the conversation. They don't say "a market system." They say, "right to innovation and a fair and competitive market," as in, "Governments should minimize regulatory monopolies and advantages presently afforded to rightsholders, DRM vendors, and telcos." This isn't yak-worthy -- it's sound public policy, and reflects the kind of thing that network-freedom advocates have called for since the ISDN fights. Mokey, if you have a specific criticism (as opposed to taking one word out of context and then saying, essentially, I don’t like that word), please articulate it. Your comment isn’t really useful and sets a poor tone for the conversation.

They don’t say “a market system.” They say, “right to innovation and a fair and competitive market,” as in, “Governments should minimize regulatory monopolies and advantages presently afforded to rightsholders, DRM vendors, and telcos.”

This isn’t yak-worthy — it’s sound public policy, and reflects the kind of thing that network-freedom advocates have called for since the ISDN fights.

]]> By: millenomi http://boingboing.net/2007/11/26/internet-bill-of-rig.html#comment-85759 millenomi Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-85759 The Italian Minister of Communications is a blogger. This doesn't mean he's the perfect minister (we're still paying hundeds of thousands of euros per day as a fine to the EU because of our media monopoly and an unwillingness to pass legislation to remove it), but at least he understands our concerns. His blog: http://www.paologentiloni.it/ The Italian Minister of Communications is a blogger. This doesn’t mean he’s the perfect minister (we’re still paying hundeds of thousands of euros per day as a fine to the EU because of our media monopoly and an unwillingness to pass legislation to remove it), but at least he understands our concerns.

His blog: http://www.paologentiloni.it/

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