>leap@gol.com wrote
>and how poorly you
>have to behave to get evicted from the party.
I know you meant something different by this - but has anyone heard of
docomo blocking access to a "wild" (outside portal) site?
1) linking to an illegal site is illegal under Japanese law, under certain
circumstances at least (there was a court ruling in Osaka end of April
about this - relating to the guy who wrote the "masking software" for
images). I am not sure on the latest legal rulings on that.
2) Docomo don't link - but an imode request goes through their proxy. This
gives them some control, and also POSSIBLY some POSSIBLE future legal
liability (if the law went a particular way).
Question: Are their circumstances in which anyone thinks they might
exercise that ability to remove access to a "wild" site? Eg, if (when -
this is sunny Japan) someone codes up an imode gateway to their
"lolikon"site, the proxying element of imode makes it a legal target. (a
better legal target is the site owner, if the images ARE illegal.)
My concern about the "walled garden" is that there is only one entrance,
and under legal duress or otherwise, docomo could close it to a particular
site if they so chose.
has this happened?
Nick
Received on Wed Oct 18 10:59:07 2000