Singapore Ministry of Law to review legality of VPNs - Early Warning

[nestegg101 3]

 

The Chief Executive of Singapore’s Intellectual Property Office acknowledged there are concerns that VPNs could infringe copyright

 

Singapore’s Ministry of Law today announced a public consultation to receive feedback on the country’s copyright regime — including whether or not “allowable circumventions of technological protection measures” should be sustained.

The review will include virtual private network (VPN) technology — a popular service for people throughout the city to watch foreign media content not accessible in Singapore.

 

https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/singapore-ministry-law-review-legality-vpns-093052361.html

 

 

So it has finally come to this. 

 

May I suggest the AirVPN staff take note of this potentially unwelcome development and possible future ramifications given the dismal record of the regime on the issue of individual rights, censorship and consumer data protection vs big business.

 

No doubt, users who depend on Antares server will be concerned about possible privacy breaches as a result of any clampdowns on VPNs should it come to that.

[CultureVulture 30]

Oh no.

Ugh. *sigh*

[OpenSourcerer 1435]

I would say, as long as nothing changes officially, there's nothing to worry about. From the looks of it, it's in a "we consider it" stage.

[nestegg101 3]

I would say, as long as nothing changes officially, there's nothing to worry about. From the looks of it, it's in a "we consider it" stage.

 

I hope you're right but I fear the contrary. Fait accompli has always been the regime's long-preferred method of policy-making. By the time an announcement is made, you can be sure the ink has already dried on the stamped and signed official documents. Public "consultations" and "polls" merely serve to give the illusion of a democratic process. Well, we shall see.

[zhang888 1066]

In most cases such laws only apply to local companies, ISPs and residential connections.

 

Antares is hosted with Leaseweb which is a Dutch company. This will be very hard to convince overseas companies

to comply with local censorship laws in the colocated DC (from personal experience).

[CultureVulture 30]

In most cases such laws only apply to local companies, ISPs and residential connections.

 

Antares is hosted with Leaseweb which is a Dutch company. This will be very hard to convince overseas companies

to comply with local censorship laws in the colocated DC (from personal experience).

Hell, I really hope so. I use Antares a lot. (although to be fair, the Canadian servers are proving to be pretty good, considering I'm based in Oz).

[nestegg101 3]

Same news, different source:

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/vpn-technology-being-reviewed-under-new-proposed-changes-to-copyright-law