From: "Antti Kurenniemi" 

"Gene McAloon"  wrote in message
news:j1dkcv4i7d63ln0bo14mrp54scq7aff3fl{at}4ax.com...
> He was acquitted because Norway doesn't have a law equivalent to
> the DMCA. In time it will have such a law, as will all sensible countries.
>
> I will take it further and not hesitate to predict that the free-wheeling,
> chaotic world of these early years of the internet will end in time. The
> internet and its use will be constrained, regulated at least to a degree,
> like any other public utility. For example, anonymity in using it will not
> be allowed. Users will need an identifier for use the same as for
> telephones or any other form of communication.

One can use phones or send snail mail anonymously, and it will continue to
be so. I can also go shout in the park without telling anyone who I am, and
no-one has any right to force me to give my name. Or I can take part in a
protest and have a big sign showing my opinions. I think anonymity is an
important possibility in any country, too important to be taken out.

Though I do agree that the internet will become more and more regulated and
restricted over time. Which in a way is not all that bad, but hopefully
will not go too far.


Antti Kurenniemi

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