Stick Michelangelo's "David" on your blog to protest censorware
Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 04:53 BoingBoing reader Kurt von Finck says,
Read with a mixture of dismay and pleasure BB article regarding blocking by SmartFilter. Dismay that a product with "Smart" in its moniker is so stupid, and pleasure that you've decided to stand up to it. Let me suggest an additional strategy.
What happens when the blogosphere uses so much tasteful nudity that the web is unusable for SmartFilter users? What happens when SmartFilter blocks so much content that the web is crippled for its users?
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So, I have created the attached button (standard 120x90 size) that BB readers can put on their sites. It features the pubic region of Michelangelo's David sculpture, uses fairly neutral colors, and is taken from public domain stock photography. I release this work into the public domain, relinquish any claims over its use, and encourage BB readers to put it on their sites.
Maybe if enough of us do so, SmartFilter will just collapse under the weight of its own odious censoring.




Read with a mixture of dismay and pleasure 
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