[Chapter-delegates] Narelle Clark - Is the Internet different?

[Joly MacFie]

Hi Rodel,

You mean, different from the Internet as it is today, right?

Narelle's point, written in the context of clumsy moves by Governments to
control Internet behavior, is that statutes should not discriminate between
online and offline activity. That networking is becoming so integral a part
of society that there essentially is no need for difference in laws. For
example, why introduce broad online censorship in an otherwise free society?

While government sponsored identity systems could be considered clumsy -
with ultimate big brother implications, they are opt-in and aimed at
protecting citizens from fraud. Similar schemes have already successfully
been introduced in certain European countries. What makes you say it will
change things so much? You think that, as Hillary Clinton suggested in her
Internet Freedom speech earlier in the year, that anonymity is a luxury we
may be forced to give up?

joly

On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Rodel Urani <rodel.urani at strategict.pro>wrote:

>  Dear All,
>
> I think this http://www.nstic.ideascale.com/ ongoing and interesting
> discussion would make the Internet different in the near future.
>
> Kindest regards,
> -Rodel
>
>
>  *From:* Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, July 09, 2010 3:05 PM
> *To:* ISOC Chapter Delegates <chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org>
> *Subject:* [Chapter-delegates] Narelle Clark - Is the Internet different?
>
>
> Narelle has a new article in the Australian edition of Computerworld,
> accompanied by a very flattering photograph.
>
> She argues that the same legal standards/freedoms should apply across the
> board - online and offline.
>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/352623/internet_different_/
>
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