While my computer is taking *forever* to upload a stupid picture of the Canadian flag to our database server, it’s time for what I like to call the :wtc: News.
Straight off the presses from Ars Technica, it seems that in Canadia, your ISP is the equivalent of your home address so it can be looked up by an ISP and given to law enforcement without a warrant.
Um, seriously? First off, your IP isn’t equivalent to your name. Rather, your IP is equivalent to your name, shopping history, record of GPS activity and then some. Once anyone has your IP address (and assuming it’s a static one at that), you can get a very comprehensive record of everywhere that IP address has been across the Internet. Next thing you know, they have everything on you and there is no privacy. I’m sure that’s a little tinfoilish, but the record needs to be set straight on that.
Next, because everyone wishes they could go to court dressed as a pirate, here’s a story about the “spectrial” going on in Sweeeeeden with the Pirate Party. Will the ‘AAs get their way and shut down the Pirate Bay? Will the courts stand up for freedom of expression and copyright infringement? Will the torrent servers stay up long enough for me to complete my download of the entire series of Sopranos? Only time will tell.
