Comments on: Wikipedia Explodes in China http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/ Blogging by the Intellectual Property & Technology Forum & Journal at BC Law Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:08:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: c5415e70e63f http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-78724 c5415e70e63f Fri, 16 May 2008 11:04:53 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-78724 <strong>c5415e70e63f...</strong> c5415e70e63f3387ce11... c5415e70e63f…

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]]> By: paul http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-20995 paul Fri, 23 Feb 2007 07:06:41 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-20995 Yet, China is regulating it through a combination of technology and people-power. That's why dissidents use proxy servers and technologies such as Tor/onion routing to get around the censors. I think that the free-flowing mass of information has to be backed by a level anonymity, at least for the sake of people trying to mobilize others around basic international human rights. Thanks for the comments! Yet, China is regulating it through a combination of technology and people-power. That’s why dissidents use proxy servers and technologies such as Tor/onion routing to get around the censors.

I think that the free-flowing mass of information has to be backed by a level anonymity, at least for the sake of people trying to mobilize others around basic international human rights.

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Videokarma http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-20993 Videokarma Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:51:16 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-20993 Now word is that there is a Wiki search engine on the horizon that could give Google a run for the money... More on topic, I don't see how the Chinese Gov't or any Gov't for that matter can regulate the internet.. by virtue it is a free flowing mas of information. A flood. Now word is that there is a Wiki search engine on the horizon that could give Google a run for the money…

More on topic, I don’t see how the Chinese Gov’t or any Gov’t for that matter can regulate the internet.. by virtue it is a free flowing mas of information. A flood.

]]> By: gerry http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-18235 gerry Mon, 15 Jan 2007 16:00:51 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/11/15/wikipedia-explodes-in-china/#comment-18235 When people think of "excitement," encyclopedias are not usually the first things that come to mind. Truth be told, they might not even be the second thing. But the fact that the on-line encyclopedia, wikipedia, is now permitted in China has the potential to be very, very exciting. A non-governmental source of information, such as wikipedia, may provide the Chinese people with information and ideas previously much more difficult to come by. An easily-accessible encyclopedia has the potential to alter people's perceptions about the world and bring about real changes. Consider Denis Diderot, for example. During the late 1700s in France, Diderot editted one of the world's great encyclopedias. He assembled articles not just to spread knowledge but to spread the ideals of the Enlightenment. In doing so, his encyclopedia challenged traditional doctrine of the government. The French government therefore banned Diderot's encyclopedia, just like the Chinese government banned wikipedia. See Encyclopédie, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die The encyclopedia kept going, though, underground. Its influence helped shape public opinion, and some even believe it was a factor in helping to bring about the French Revolution. Could the internet in general, and wikipedia in particular, be this century's version of Diderot's encyclopedia? What will be the result this time around? When people think of “excitement,” encyclopedias are not usually the first things that come to mind. Truth be told, they might not even be the second thing.

But the fact that the on-line encyclopedia, wikipedia, is now permitted in China has the potential to be very, very exciting.

A non-governmental source of information, such as wikipedia, may provide the Chinese people with information and ideas previously much more difficult to come by. An easily-accessible encyclopedia has the potential to alter people’s perceptions about the world and bring about real changes.

Consider Denis Diderot, for example. During the late 1700s in France, Diderot editted one of the world’s great encyclopedias. He assembled articles not just to spread knowledge but to spread the ideals of the Enlightenment. In doing so, his encyclopedia challenged traditional doctrine of the government. The French government therefore banned Diderot’s encyclopedia, just like the Chinese government banned wikipedia. See Encyclopédie,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A9die

The encyclopedia kept going, though, underground. Its influence helped shape public opinion, and some even believe it was a factor in helping to bring about the French Revolution.

Could the internet in general, and wikipedia in particular, be this century’s version of Diderot’s encyclopedia? What will be the result this time around?

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