[WSIS CS-Plenary] indymedia::balancing free speech

[Dale s Plenary eMail]

Hello:

I have not posted before; I have been an observer.  I am coming from 
the view point of a technician (a programmer, dba, unix admin, ...), 
who is now in law school, and I am a Citizen of the State of 
California in America.

As I understand it, the indymedia servers were removed because they 
contained information targetted at a group of individuals, the 
delegates of the Republican National Convention.  And, this 
information was used to harrass people who were trying to go about the 
business of the republican party.

I concur if that is the case...


Say someone were to yell; "Fire!" in the middle of a theater, and as a 
result, there were people hurt.  Further suppose the person was still 
in the general area.  The police, in an attempt to find the individual 
for justice, cordened off the place.

The police did not want to take the chance that the individual's 
friends would let the friend go (due to a knowledge that the were 
police coming), so the police did not notify anyone.  The law sealed 
off the area and went to looking and opened the area back up after 
that was done.



Does that make sense?


Kind regards,


Dale Chalfant

I posted a bit more detail here if anyone may be interested:
http://cyb2law.blogspot.com