Comments on: Danish Provider Tele2 forced to block allofmp3 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/26/danish-provider-tele2-forced-to-block-allofmp3/ A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:04:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Martin http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/26/danish-provider-tele2-forced-to-block-allofmp3/#comment-68106 Martin Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:28:16 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/26/danish-provider-tele2-forced-to-block-allofmp3/#comment-68106 Kai I think there is a difference between food for instance and goods like music and movies. "Bad" Food can possibly harm the local population. I know that this is not that easy but the ban of allofmp3 was not introduced by the Danish government but by the IFPI. Kai I think there is a difference between food for instance and goods like music and movies. “Bad” Food can possibly harm the local population. I know that this is not that easy but the ban of allofmp3 was not introduced by the Danish government but by the IFPI.

]]> By: Kai http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/26/danish-provider-tele2-forced-to-block-allofmp3/#comment-68103 Kai Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:18:36 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/2006/10/26/danish-provider-tele2-forced-to-block-allofmp3/#comment-68103 It's not so simple. This is not so much a restriction on freedom of speech as it is a trade restriction. I'm not so sure you'd be as outraged if you found out Denmark was restricting, say corn imports, from Russia because what was a legal farming practice there was unacceptable to them. While I agree, that the music industry needs to change its pricing model -- I understand why a country would put these restrictions in place. It’s not so simple. This is not so much a restriction on freedom of speech as it is a trade restriction.

I’m not so sure you’d be as outraged if you found out Denmark was restricting, say corn imports, from Russia because what was a legal farming practice there was unacceptable to them.

While I agree, that the music industry needs to change its pricing model — I understand why a country would put these restrictions in place.

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