Now, this has got to be the funniest idea I have ever heard in years. From Mike Abundo, the NTC wants everyone to register their websites, blogs, podcasts, pictures, and all other digital data posted on the net.
The National Telecommunication Commission plans to classify Web sites and other data posted on the Internet as a value added service that needs to registered with the government.
In the preliminary hearing of a draft memorandum circular on value added services, Edgardo Cabarrios, NTC director for common carrier and authorization department, said contents of Web sites such as Yahoo could be classified as a value added service in so far as its delivery is concerned.
“Telecom is delivery of content. When content is delivered it becomes a telecom service,” Cabarrios said.
Un-fracking-believable! I’m just speechless.
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Say WHAT?????!!!!!!!
Are they really serious? That’s that most idiotic thing I’ve ever heard for a long while. The last time was a friend telling me that NTC wanted him to register/license his home wireless network.
Maybe it is time, Sir Abe.
Can they handle it?
The geniuses in NTC strike again. Yay. And while they’re at it, why won’t they require friendster accounts, other social network accounts, email accounts, instant messaging accounts, and twitter accounts of pinoys to be registered since it is “delivery of content” for crying out loud. By golly they would make a killing! I wonder what stupidity they would come up with next? Doh!
Maybe they just want to do the Philippines a favor and spread some link-love around… haha
Not surprising. Monitoring, loss of privacy, plus any to make profits. That’s always been their game. This is only the beginning. I agree with Aja. Time to wake up people.
A big WTF??@!$?
that’s why we need to form a blog group or something so we’re prepared for stuff like this.
It would agree with Aja and Nostalgia Manila that it is time.
I’m not afraid of it at all.
Good luck to them with the implementation.
Maybe we should ALL register at the same time. I wonder if their servers can handle that.
Seriously though, I agree with Aja. I’d like to be part of that.
Don’t they have any more money making alternatives?
i still don’t know how to send trackbacks (correctly), so
http://www.aaronroselo.net/blog/?p=850
I have the feeling that they’re planning how to tax us w/ our site incomes.
seryoso??
That’s what I call stupidity to the nth power.
1995 calling, it wants Republic Act 7925 back.
You have GOT to be kidding me.
n00bs.
ridiculous! does it mean that when i post a comment here, i must also register? where’s the freedom of speech. man they suck.
NTC kiss my white skinny ahh-chooo!
No way! Freedom??? Wheres the Freedom in the country!
hahaha…. another ploy to keep us contained.. i guess
thats the stupidest-stupid thing i’ve heard.
is that a post-april fool news or something ?
do u guys have a copy of the memorandum?perhaps we can send a legal opinion or legal comments on the proposal.
I challenge the NTC to create a registration system that would accomodate ALL of Yahoo and Google’s content. I bet they wouldn’t even have enough resources to store all that registered data from those two sites alone. LOLOLOL
Where do I sign up to register? LOLOLOLOL
“I challenge the NTC to create a registration system that would accomodate ALL of Yahoo and Google’s content.”
They couldn’t even index the Google cache, much less Google and Yahoo combined.
well, at least we had some kind of online entertainment for the day.
really weird idea.
SDF!!
hahaha! Why dont they focus on more viable and helpful to consumers?
Like, projects to minimize cellphone snatching or cheaper internet connection to filipinos.
Oh what a great idea!! They probably wanted to have a piece of your adword profit pie that’s why!
That was a good laugh! It just made my day. LOL
Maybe the NTC board is composed of comedians? I think this was supposed to be their April Fool’s Joke but it was published late.
stupendous!!!
NTC’s mandate is “to cause the provision of the infrastructure (telecom networks)” and we have to thank them for the Philippine Copper Cage of $12 Billion worth of obsolete (6 Million) copper wires called fixed wire telephones. Remember that fixed wire telephony was the RIGHT technology for VOICE in the last century, BUT is the WRONG tehchnology for DATA in the WEB century. They’ve stifled facilities-based competition by allowing the fixed wires telcos to ALSO provide wireless services and at the same time GOUGE the Pinoy consumer with exorbitant bandwidth charges.
Now they want to monitor hundreds of thousands, if not million of pinoy bloggers. No way, jose!!
haha! I miss that cheat! its fine to register as long as we dont need pay any cash.
no comment but “told ya”
This is just the beginning, actually it has started a year-and-a-half ago.
It is not “maybe” but “IT IS TIME, NOW NA”. For the Pinoy-blogosphere, let’s not rely on one person (in this case Abe), he’s doing a lot already, YOU can do it. Use your skills and expertise, we need more active people.
Gamers and the local gaming industry.. our time will come, and I can’t say anymore that it is “so far, so good” because it doesn’t, things went out of our hands (since majority thinks it is a stupid conspiracy theory).
freedom? Hope it won’t become a memory.
about JC John SESE Cuneta’s comments:
The scenario is scary and could become real if we don’t do something about it. However, it won’t really matter with the kind of people heading the NTC. The kind of red tape such a registration system would have to go through would be enormous. Aside from this, the NTC wouldn’t have the resources anyway. So I say relax, people. It won’t happen any time soon.
they want my blog ?? ahahahaha
a big BS
this is totally stupid, why not ponder on their sites first before thinking of others. our government websites are far cry from other countries.. tsk!
Yeah i agree with the others. It’s ok to register as long as it’s free. No payment, not a single dime. Another good exposure!
this is bad
“Yeah i agree with the others. It’s ok to register as long as it’s free. No payment, not a single dime. Another good exposure!”
And if they ban those who do not? What if overseas bloggers refuse to register with a bunch of corrupt third-world bureaucrats? The Philippines will become nothing but a tiny little echo chamber!
Dang, kaya pala I can’t the article in question. Oh well.
Does the NTC have any online site where people can post comments on this issue? Or any “resource persons” invited to speak up on this?
Rather than talk, act. Fast.
Three Words:
Domains by Proxy
AYUS!
Does NTC have the capacity and capability to do this?
or nang gugulo lang sila… gusto nila ng link loves.. wahahhaa.
May the content be with you!
Eat Your Shorts!! haha!