"Palladium" and TCPA

[alastair]

On Sat, Jun 29, 2002 at 10:27:10PM +0200, Axel H Horns wrote:
> 
> Other technologies like automotives are already heavily regulated and
> obviously in general this regulation seems to be of some overall
> benefit. But none of these things seem to be so closely related to our
> freedom of information as unrestricted universal computers are. Hence,
> any regulation of the free use of unrestricted computer technology is
> much more sensitive than any regulation of, say, automotives.
> Regulation of possession and use of unrestricted universal computers
> would be much more related to the regulation of printers in the
> Gutenberg era than to the regulation of automotive technologies.      

Yes, I think you are right. The regulation seems to be of a wholely
different nature than that which mandates the use of a seat belt by law,
for example.

Much careful thought needs to be taken before restricting one's
'freedom' to break the law is taken too far. In a free society one
probably has to live with some crime. 

In the case of the automobile, the idea that we should impose an upper
limit to it's maximum speed (a country's speed limit) has never got very
far.

Cheers,


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Alastair
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