Iceland Looks to Create Information Haven

http://gigaom.com/2010/02/12/iceland-looks-to-create-information-haven/

by admp • 16 years ago

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admp• 16 years ago

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/12/iceland-haven-fr...

http://www.thestandard.com/news/2010/02/12/icelanders-hope-h...

gruseom• 16 years ago

Yay Iceland. This is good news for the world. How often does one get to say that?

I noticed an interesting reaction in myself while reading the article. My first thought was, "Wow, that's rational and a really good idea". That was immediately followed by, "Rats, that means that it will be killed by entrenched interests and lobbyists." Then I thought, "Hey wait a minute, this is Iceland. They're independent enough and intelligent enough to do this if they want to." Iceland appears to be a pissed-off nation that is actually correcting itself and doing things differently. Imagine that.

afterburner• 16 years ago

It helps when a country only has 300,000 people; easier to try new things.

iujhygfbh2• 16 years ago

It's also a risk of instability. What's the chance of a far-right/far-left government getting in next time and screwing you business process?

BearOfNH• 16 years ago

Would The Pirate Bay be welcome there as well?

iujhygfbh2• 16 years ago

How much do you know about Icelandic privacy law? How many test cases are there? How many Icelandic IP lawyers can you hire tomorrow?

There is a reason for basing your company/data in the US/London and it isn't just that they speak English.

fauigerzigerk• 16 years ago

So a country that depends on foreign polititians more than almost any other country at the moment is supposed to be a safe haven for wikileaks?

Yaa101• 16 years ago

We trusted them with finance and look what happened, why should we trust them on something that is way more important but also a thing that can be way more lethal when done wrong.

Icelandic legislature and business elite is not to be trusted, certainly not with your human rights, what are these people thinking?

Iceland Looks to Create Information Haven

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