One of the biggest complaints about the internet is porn. However, because the internet is near impossible to regulate, any attempts to regulate porn on the internet is, well, useless.
Pete Ashdown speaks on CP80, with is about regulating internet porn:
Many people have asked me what my opinion on CP80 is and I have resisted up until this point. I would have preferred to quietly watch its inevitable death like so many ignorant “dot com” ideas before it, but I am irritated by the light it is painting Utah in. Ironically, the same people responsible for the “SCO vs. IBM” debacle are trumpeting CP80 and it is being regarded by the tech community with the same kind of anger and disdain. Read these comments on Slashdot and wonder what kind of impression is left on talented tech workers that may have considered a move here. Consider what longterm effects these imbecilic actions inside Utah have on our technology economy when we become well known for being lawsuit-happy spendthrifts who grandstand fundamentally flawed proposals. The emperor not only has no clothes, the naked pictures of him will continue to spread on the Internet regardless of any legislative action.
Someone stated in a discussion over Governor Huntsman’s disappointing embrace of the CP80 scheme that we may not be able to stop Internet porn, but that doesn’t mean we should do nothing. If your Internet Service Provider is doing nothing to help you filter out objectionable content to your home, then get a new ISP. XMission has been providing an optional filter for the past decade that brings complaints of only blocking too much content instead of not-enough. If you don’t trust any ISP, don’t write your legislator, get rid of your Internet connection.
