Comments on: COPA trial begins http://www.wordyard.com/2006/10/25/copa-trial-begins/ Technology, politics, culture Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:03:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Bill Boushka http://www.wordyard.com/2006/10/25/copa-trial-begins/#comment-311 Bill Boushka Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:16:08 +0000 http://www.wordyard.com/?p=1150#comment-311 The government insists that the law applies only to "pornography" and that the three prongs define it. What I fear is that culturally some people would not like the candor with which I, a gay man, "expose myself" (in a pyschological sense) in some of my postings and book (viewable online). The real threat comes cultural disagreement disguised as law. Why aren't search engines (Google) and retailers like Amazon explosed when they display entire books without knowing what's in them? doaskdotell.com has an index to all my blogs, and pages on COPA (including notes on the 2004 Supreme Court arguments). I think that content labeling (like ICRA) is really the right way to keep content away from immature visitors, and it would work and be practical if software vendors would work on it and make it much more available, in conjunction with browsers. Another major concern of mine is the way employers want to look at social networking sites and blogs. Is this a test for social conformity? The government insists that the law applies only to “pornography” and that the three prongs define it. What I fear is that culturally some people would not like the candor with which I, a gay man, “expose myself” (in a pyschological sense) in some of my postings and book (viewable online). The real threat comes cultural disagreement disguised as law.

Why aren’t search engines (Google) and retailers like Amazon explosed when they display entire books without knowing what’s in them?

doaskdotell.com has an index to all my blogs, and pages on COPA (including notes on the 2004 Supreme Court arguments).

I think that content labeling (like ICRA) is really the right way to keep content away from immature visitors, and it would work and be practical if software vendors would work on it and make it much more available, in conjunction with browsers.

Another major concern of mine is the way employers want to look at social networking sites and blogs. Is this a test for social conformity?

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