Naavi: "Internet was born free. Anonymity and Pseudonomity were the norms of the Internet society as it gathered momentum and became a "Communication Revolution". Under these circumstances, Internet was the dream of those who cherished "Freedom of Speech".
Unfortunately, some where down the line, as "Commerce" started spreading on the internet, the initial "Free Medium" was burdened with the responsibility of being provided with a "trusted" medium. The first casualty of this development was the "Privacy" of the Internet users and reduction in the freedom of speech. In order to protect business, "regulations" came into being and the Internet began to be chained.
The cultural difference brought in by the new communication possibilities of the Internet also made the regulators think of "Protecting" the current society from the ill effects of the emerging Internet Society. Countries like India adopted therefore a regulatory system which also attempted to control pornography on Internet. Whether such "Cultural Policing" is desirable or not may be debated.
1) Viewing of a pornographic material on the web either at the private residence of an individual or the private premises of an office or in a Cyber cafe is not 'publishing' or 'transmitting' and hence may not be termed as an offence. (Promoting viewing of such sites by spreading information and particularly inducing children would however be an offence)
2) The issues discussed above for blog owners on the need to be 'Cyber Law Compliant' also applies to Companies who maintain websites, service providers such as Sify, Rediff, Indiatimes etc who let public host web pages with un monitored content."
Tuesday, December 07, 2004
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