Judge Santiago Pedraz of the National Court has ordered the blocking of the Telegram messaging platform in Spain. This is a precautionary measure in response
Given this seems to bizarrely be a copyright thing, it’s going to fail at its intended goal immediately—pirates typically don’t mind jumping through a hoop to get stuff for free.
If someone intends to block traffic on a road using a road block, and puts the block mostly on the pavement next to the road, the block is there but it’s not blocking any cars.
An ineffective block does not block what it’s supposed to, it’s still a block, it’s just not blocking anything.
Was about to say similar. Telegram is virtually unblockable.
It’s blocked here in China. If the Spanish really want, they’ll find a way.
You really can’t compare any other country to the Great Firewall of China.
It’s blocked for people who don’t use a VPN
Its blocked for all. People who use vpn can circumvent it.
If you can circumvent it, it’s not blocked.
Given this seems to bizarrely be a copyright thing, it’s going to fail at its intended goal immediately—pirates typically don’t mind jumping through a hoop to get stuff for free.
So if you can drive faster than the speedlimit, there’s no speedlimit. …
Its blocked no matter if some can circumvent it or not. You are discussing the effectiveness of the block that you argue is not there
If someone intends to block traffic on a road using a road block, and puts the block mostly on the pavement next to the road, the block is there but it’s not blocking any cars.
An ineffective block does not block what it’s supposed to, it’s still a block, it’s just not blocking anything.
We might be getting into philosophy here though