Monday, October 1, 2012

Real Life: Cybercrime Law - nothing to joke about

Ok, so we have ousted SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, three of the laws that would provide protection from piracy, stealing and cybersex, but at the cost of destroying the freedom of Internet users everywhere.

But sadly, here in the Philippines, the antagonist wins, and it's in the form of the Cybercrime law a.k.a Republic Act No. 10175

http://www.gov.ph/2012/09/12/republic-act-no-10175/

I know that piracy, art thieves and cybersex are such big issues, but this is just so damn ludicrous and over-the-top. I mean, come on, we should just focus on punishing those who run the operations, like the cybersex dens and websites that promote child pornography. Most of us are just enjoying downloading stuff that kills boredom, including episodes of our favorite shows and music, and now, we're going to get thrown to jail, just because of posting and downloading whatever we want??

As Internet users, we have the right to enjoy the services, but there are some customers who just love abusing it. Can't we just arrest the real culprits instead of getting the innocents involved in this mess? Things would be much better that way.

I can sense protests coming up... But for me, no thanks... I just hope the government reconsiders upon hearing the voices of the people and do the right thing.

UPDATE: Just added some interesting pictures. I just wanna share it.
Shared from Sen. TG Guigona's FB page, and yes, I'm with it

Brave words from Sen. Tito Sotto