Comment by zosima

Comment by zosima 11 hours ago

8 replies

Blocked by court or state. Private ISPs can't block sites.

And this is true for almost all these legislations. They remove power from individuals and companies, while avoiding to limit EU and state power in any meaningful way.

dkiebd 11 hours ago

But the government is much more of an enemy to me than my ISP, not to mention I can switch ISPs but I can’t switch governments.

  • 0dayz 11 hours ago

    >but I can’t switch governments.

    Maybe use the time machine to move out of Franco's Spain?

    • dkiebd 10 hours ago

      What percentage of citizens do you think support the blocking of websites for reasons of copyright? We have as much choice in the matter as we would have under Franco.

      • 0dayz 8 hours ago

        If the people don't agree with something they can always do three things in a democratic country:

        * start a party to push for legislative changes that resonate with what the people want

        * vote for a party that propose to change certain legislation to something more adjacent to what the people want

        * people can lobby the government via interest groups or as a collective to influence politicians or if the constitution allows for it try and hold a popular vote on the issue(s)

  • beAbU 8 hours ago

    > but I can’t switch governments.

    But you can though.

  • saubeidl 5 hours ago

    All countries in the EU are democratic plus there's freedom to move between them. You can definitely switch governments.