RSSGoogle Agrees to Remove Thai Videos
By the Betanews Staff | Published May 11, 2007, 3:42 PM
On the same day Google rejected an anti-censorship petition from shareholders that could have prevented the company from operating in China, the search giant's YouTube property agreed to take down video clips deemed offensive to Thailand's king Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Adulyadej is revered as near-divine in Thailand and criticizing or offending royalty is punishable by up to 15 years in prison. The country blocked access to YouTube in April following the posting of two video clips mocking the king, and threatened to sue the company for making them available. Google now says it will remove 12 clips, and Thailand has agreed to not to file suit.
Why not block the video for people coming from Thailand, basically leave it open for me and others around the world but restrict the video for IP's coming from Thailand.
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They can still use proxy server.
The video probably available in p2p
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Can't really compare Bush with Thai king.
Thai king is revered by his people like a deity. Nobody in the right mind would see Bush as anything resembling a holy being.
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Holy being my a**! As for GW he's far more worthy than a stupid king. Monarchy = hate crime.
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I guess, you don't know anything about Thailand. So STFU.
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what are you the thialand propaganda machine? its a little insignificant country that some of our excess stuff gets made in. not excactly what i would call an important part of the world. then again not like the united states is quite as important as they believe...
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So are you a hippy? free speech to change the world? so your country just try to police the world now, judge other country like they are not important?
No I don't think Thailand is more important than any other country. But that doesn't mean they don't have the right to fight for what they believe. They stick up for their kings, and Google agree.
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hardly, but i dont think that because they dont like it in thailand that it should be removed from the rest of the world, just remove it from youtube asia or something.
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Bet my Pro-Bush stance would get banned (invade IRAN, N Korea and Syria and finish the world threats once and for all or the good ole USA will be eating Nuclear Fallout for dinner but I guess the Democrates want to thin out the US population.). Who cares if Thailand and China boycott Google. Google is going the way of Big Brother Liberal Left Wing Censorship. My response is Good Riddance To Google. Freedom Or Death!!!
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Does that mean they will remove all the anti-Bush clips from the US? We all know are no pro-Bush videos...
Screw the king of Thailand, the little asswipe can't take a joke. He's a mortal meat bag like the rest of us I'd kick him in his balls if I had the chance.
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I have to problem with the people of Thailand, but what the hell... Country run by bunch of pu*****.
*sorry for my language but its the truth*
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Different country, different culture, different mind set. You probably too dump to get it.
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Too dump??? Please explain.
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well their mindset shouldn't have any right to dictate what the rest of us can watch, but apparently it does. fvck thailand....
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in Thailand they don't have the same attitude "free speech" for the world like US. Sometime free speech can get you killed. They do have some balls to do what they think its bad for their king. They do what they have to do. They do love their kings, unlike you guys that keep b****ing about every single presidents that you guy have. and for that FVCK USA too
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exactly
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well tough for them now isnt it? they dont have free speech we do, they dont have jurisdiction over us here. so technically i could post that video on one of my websites and nobody could do anything about it.
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i think you mean too dumb..... maybe english isnt your first language.
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Sure go ahead, nobody will care about single minded person like you.
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nope...english is not my first language. But I do know more about other country culture, more than you, I am afraid.
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