Sorry, I'm falling behind a bit...I promise I'll catch up!
Norway is the latest country to consider site blocking measures to stop copyright infringement. One of my main theses is that copyright is being used as an excuse to set up censorship regimes. And that is not remotely a good enough reason to set up a censorship regime.
What is a good enough reason? Well, at least make it kiddie porn or something. It's so offensive to have it happen to protect the entertainment industry.
And if that wasn't offensive enough, it can't even work. Things like Freenet are not liable to any sort of taking anything down or blocking, as they are distributed, encrypted regimes in themselves. Freenet was created specifically to counter all censorship attempts, with the predictable result that it is indeed a haven for illegal activity--and freedom.
Confiscating domains won't work. Ordering ISP's to block websites can't work. All we're doing is making it easier for the governments of the future to silence their critics, with everything that goes along with that.
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