Talk:Cipherspace

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Some known cipherspaces are; ..., Direct connect (DC) ...

DirectConnect (in the sense of the peer-to-peer application) is in no way a ciperspace. The available versions of DirectConnect don't use any encryption and users' IPs are known to the servers/operators -- it's not even pseudonymous. It doesn't fit to the other definitions of Direct connect either. I suggest it should be removed.

[edit] Cyberlaw

In the article it says "According to its advocates, it should be impossible to know the actual identity of anyone in cipherspace. Therefore, it would be impossible to impose any censorship and to enforce any law. Because of that, they assert that concepts like copyright would be unenforceable inside cipherspace." this is not true in a pseudonymous cipherspace. Since all the lawbreacking is done within the cipherspace all the consequences can be done within the cipherspace. For instance copyright breakers can have all their privlages within the cipherspace can be suspended for amount of time that is determened in ciphercourts.--SurrealWarrior 5 July 2005 20:52 (UTC)

I have never heard of any "Ciphercourts" what so ever. Consider that the pseudonyms are impossible to connect to any real person, unless that person makes the huge mistake of revealing himself. How should it then be possible for any authority what so ever to deliver punishments such as suspension? I think that SurrealWarrior is mistaken, or even lying.