Comments on: Internet Marketing Becoming More And More Racist http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/ Your Daily Techology News, Tutorials and How To's Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:29:48 -0700 hourly 1 By: jimdittmer http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19375 jimdittmer Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:02:24 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19375 Race and/or ethnicity is not in any way a determining factor in these cases, consequently racism is not the proper term. Xenophobia might be involved, but the offending parties would be the countries requesting the bans not the ISPs and info services. Your ire is misplaced, LiveCrunch. The fault is not with our technorati, but lies at the feet of the political powers that be in the "banned" countries who fear that political and intellectual freedom will weaken their power. It's the old "How you gonna keep um down on the farm, after they've seen Paris" syndrom. These guys represent some pretty dreary farms. Race and/or ethnicity is not in any way a determining factor in these cases, consequently racism is not the proper term. Xenophobia might be involved, but the offending parties would be the countries requesting the bans not the ISPs and info services. Your ire is misplaced, LiveCrunch. The fault is not with our technorati, but lies at the feet of the political powers that be in the “banned” countries who fear that political and intellectual freedom will weaken their power. It’s the old “How you gonna keep um down on the farm, after they’ve seen Paris” syndrom. These guys represent some pretty dreary farms.

]]> By: skraggy http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19366 skraggy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:47:54 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19366 Sorry, "quoted the CNET quote", not CNN, up there. :) Sorry, “quoted the CNET quote”, not CNN, up there. :)

]]> By: skraggy http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19365 skraggy Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:46:22 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19365 How is GoDaddy the bad guy here when everything points to China doing the blocking, and China being the one instituting the domain registration rules on their citizens? That's not racism, that's government oppression/censorship. To quote that same blog that you quoted the CNN quote from: "A screen copy of the command 'tracert www.godaddy.com' shows that the problem is a router inside China Telecom." Source: http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/08/godaddy-blocked-in-china.html Most of the cases you seem to be referring to are cases of countries blocking access to services due to censorship, not services blocking countries due to racism. While cases of racism in marketing exist, and while even GoDaddy does many things I disapprove of, I think you are off base on this one. How is GoDaddy the bad guy here when everything points to China doing the blocking, and China being the one instituting the domain registration rules on their citizens? That’s not racism, that’s government oppression/censorship.

To quote that same blog that you quoted the CNN quote from: “A screen copy of the command ‘tracert http://www.godaddy.com‘ shows that the problem is a router inside China Telecom.”

Source: http://www.moon-blog.com/2008/08/godaddy-blocked-in-china.html

Most of the cases you seem to be referring to are cases of countries blocking access to services due to censorship, not services blocking countries due to racism. While cases of racism in marketing exist, and while even GoDaddy does many things I disapprove of, I think you are off base on this one.

]]> By: live crunch http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19364 live crunch Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:46:10 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19364 @Han: Veoh's reason for blocking over 100 countries is because they wanted to point advertising more towards USA and because other countries did not give them much visitors. :) @Han: Veoh’s reason for blocking over 100 countries is because they wanted to point advertising more towards USA and because other countries did not give them much visitors. :)

]]> By: TheBadMonkey http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19362 TheBadMonkey Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:42:37 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19362 I hate it that I can't watch or listen to stuff I've PRODUCED while living in the Philippines. The piracy is rampant here, but they'll always find a way around it. I can understand mild hesitance to sell domains to restrictive countries like China, but still don't see reasonable grounds. Maybe I'm missing something. I hate it that I can’t watch or listen to stuff I’ve PRODUCED while living in the Philippines. The piracy is rampant here, but they’ll always find a way around it.
I can understand mild hesitance to sell domains to restrictive countries like China, but still don’t see reasonable grounds. Maybe I’m missing something.

]]> By: Han http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19360 Han Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:44 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19360 I'd be pretty miffed yeh - but you have to assume they've done it for a reason. I doubt they sat around a meeting table and said, "you know I had a crap holiday in Slovenia, lets block all access from that miserable country to our website! bwahahahaha" :P Its not really a recent trend its only because its been brought to the mainstream its become an issue - china's firewall has been up for years. Most times I suspect companies are covering their arses before they can be blocked by the government in question - as a sort of (strange) way of getting into their good books! use a vpn :P I pay a TV licence I wanna watch bbc iplayer in the US! I’d be pretty miffed yeh – but you have to assume they’ve done it for a reason. I doubt they sat around a meeting table and said, “you know I had a crap holiday in Slovenia, lets block all access from that miserable country to our website! bwahahahaha” :P

Its not really a recent trend its only because its been brought to the mainstream its become an issue – china’s firewall has been up for years. Most times I suspect companies are covering their arses before they can be blocked by the government in question – as a sort of (strange) way of getting into their good books!

use a vpn :P I pay a TV licence I wanna watch bbc iplayer in the US!

]]> By: live crunch http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19359 live crunch Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:30:24 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19359 @Han: I understand that, but why suddenly websites started to block countries from visiting? So that means if you move to let say my home country Slovenia, wouldn't you be pissed that you can't watch Veoh videos but you could if you move back to USA? @Han: I understand that, but why suddenly websites started to block countries from visiting? So that means if you move to let say my home country Slovenia, wouldn’t you be pissed that you can’t watch Veoh videos but you could if you move back to USA?

]]> By: Han http://www.livecrunch.com/2008/08/26/internet-marketing-becoming-more-and-more-racist/comment-page-1/#comment-19358 Han Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:27:50 +0000 http://www.livecrunch.com/?p=891#comment-19358 Usually they block them to comply with that countries government. They don't just do it willy nilly! and if they did it wouldn't be because their racist! Ultimately all these companies are out to make money and blocking a whole country would put a serious dent in their income. Usually they block them to comply with that countries government.
They don’t just do it willy nilly! and if they did it wouldn’t be because their racist!

Ultimately all these companies are out to make money and blocking a whole country would put a serious dent in their income.

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