by Burgerman » 07 Dec 2018, 14:56
Years ago my local hobby flying club, had members, fees, an address, and was a legal entity. We had people in charge that were hopeless ad flying but loved the mentality of clubs and committees and rules etc. We as a club faced endless battles with the authorities about rules, flying site access, noise etc.
I left. Along with 6 or 9 others. We have no legal entity, no point of central command, no address. They eventually banned that club from flying at 3 sites. We of course still do. Those with the rules and centralised control mentality, said we needed to be one big body in order to have a chance to fight them. They were completely wrong of course. Since they are now banned and we continue as before because we baffle them. No way to control a dozen unknown individuals.
The government think someone controls the net. They dont. Its just a bunch of computers all over the planet. You dont even need a web host, I used to do that on my own PC. They are of the mentality that they can control things. But they never recognize that legislation, rules, only work if people recognize them.
They will stamp feet and go all red. But it will never have any real effect. The internet was designed to be unstoppable. Theres no central point. No switch. No way to control what 200 countries and millions of users do, host, copy, steal, or decide. As such I can download ANY software. And use it as if it was registered for free indefinitely. I can watch any TV channel broadcast or re-run, from any country for free. I can watch or download any movie, and any game for free. I can do it all anonymously, and never see any adverts anywhere ever. Its all about knowledge as usual. And governments cant stop it. No matter what they think. Even things like netflix are free. You can sign up for a month free as a new user. Hint. A new user is a new IP address and a new throwaway email address. Rinse and repeat.