[Foundation-l] Baidupedia copyvio collections

[Andrew Gray]

2008/6/12 Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>:

> I'm inclined to favour this option.  For the users of Baidu outside of
> the PRC there will of course be no problems.  PRC residents will still
> get their usual results to indicate a blocked site.  Each time it will
> be a reminder to them that something is wrong, and they will be more
> inclined to attempt access through alternate channels.  We shouldn't
> underestimate the ability of the average PRC computer geek to circumvent
> blocks.

If Baidu is indeed actively vetting its material to ensure compliance
with the firewall, I doubt they'd be happy about leaving in a link to
a blocked site!

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- Andrew Gray
 andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk