You Tube blocked in Brasil for more than 5 Million Users
Brasil Telecom and some affiliated Telcos shut down access to You Tube today to meet a court order in Brasil. The affected users are more than 5 Million.
This is clearly an episode of an arcaic justice system trying to cope with new media. Superstar Model and Actress Daniella Cicarelli was filmed by an amateur having sex on the beach in Spain. The video is all over the world via YouTube and other sites. Daniella´s lawyers place a demand for the video to be stopped on the Brasilian Internet. Brasilian justice then reacts by censoring access to YouTube! How stupid can that be? To avoid showing a video you censor millions of them?
This really deserves for all bloggers that can reproduce YouTube on their blogs to do so. After all, the traffic will compensate any risk. My god, we really need the judges to understand how the whole internet works. And we really need them busy on issues that are far more important to all of us that watching the back of a model.
Comments
Latin american culture has strong autoritary roots. Our judges and congressmen not only know less than a 12-year-old about the Internet. They also don't have a clue about collective and collaborative spaces and projects, as YouTube, Wikipedia... or living in this world.
Posted by: Santiago Bustelo | January 9, 2007 02:45 AM
The verdict of Brazilian justice is incredible.
Are they going to be the "new China" blocking or censoring the access to the Internet?
Just, unbelievable
Posted by: Francisco | January 9, 2007 07:42 AM