Censursula

Now politicians are trying to foist internet censorship on the German people:

The greatest fear of the protesters is that once in place, the infrastructure will be used to censor other forms of unwanted content, not only child pornography. German politicians already seem to be lining up with their wish-list of content to be censored in future – the suggestions ranging form gambling sites, islamist web pages, first person shooters, and the music industry cheering up with the thought of finally banning pirate bay and p2p.

The internet has benefitted greatly from not being owned by business interests. Censorship in aid of public morals is an important part of the taming and colonisation of the internet by business interests. It is the wedge they need to work their way in. Once politicans have arrogated to themselves the power to censor the internet, the rest is easy. the big palyers in the copyright business have never had any difficulty in bending politicians to their will.