China tightens up Internet control

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China tightens up Internet control

China Ministry of Information and Communications issued a rules that said all websites will be shut down by the government, if these websites are not "re-registered or archived " at the government before June 30, 2005. And now hundreds of thousands of business and private websites are shut down because they are not registered at the ministry. To register again, one has to collect lots of paper, takes lots of time and spends lots of money (from RMB 1000 to 3000 a year). This is a regulation in violation of freedom of information exchange in the Internet.

wow so much for freedom. China sounds like a great place to be a hacker. It's almost like you're a messenger from God. But there are going to be so many sites that are not archived. Can the government software be advanaced enough to catch online gaming and intellectual property transfers?

Wow thats *****! I don't know alot about Chinese laws or rights, but I think that is truely horrible!

I did a quick serach on Google to get more information on this topic, but did not find anything. Anybody knows if the initial poster's info is accurate?

wow that is so unfair!
i dont no whether it is accurate, but if it is, its unfair

Joe

verry bad rules man thats unfair

It sounds like they are un-Internetting the Internet. I bet there is a way for pirate internet to work. You cannot alter the Internet to serve Communism or Socialism. People love it because of the freedom it gives and allows.

it looks like the government are trying to control it while trying to get so much money and then go and waste the money.
really really unfair.