wired: Fears of a Website Inquisition
Opinions on the Spanish draft legislation to regulate internet content:
The measure, which was drafted by the Ministry of Science and Technology, would also allow government agencies to shut down websites and seize their content and activity logs, said Luis Fajardo López a law professor at the University of Gerona. "This is done as a gesture to combat crime, but it doesn't take into account that information archives can be manipulated, edited and configured by anyone and can't, for that reason, serve as a base to incriminate anyone," opined Fajardo López. Another lawyer suggested that the measure would violate Spain's constitutionally protected free speech by allowing the government to seize Internet content it considers offensive. He compared the effort to the failed Communications Decency Act An aggressive campaign against the legislation has been launched by Kriptopolis, a cryptography website that is part of the Global Internet Liberty Campaign. (see wired.com)See also: (see www.kriptopolis.com) (vigilant.tv, politech: Spain plans to require all web sites to register, pay fees)