End Of e-Stonia?

A very significant article was posted yesterday on the wesbsite of ERR, the Estoinan state broadcaster, or the Estonian BBC if you will, concerning the effects of US governmental encroachment on internet freedoms.

Many of us have followed to varying extents the developments in the progress of the US SOPA and PIPA proposed laws; indeed if you use Wikipedia at all regularly it would have been hard not to, but, just in case anyone didn't get the message that the ramifications of these acts are not confined to US soil, here are the ways in which it will affect Estonia, as seen by Otto de Voogd, a Dutch developer living in Tallinn.

It is particularly poignant given that one of Estonia's 'unusual selling points' is its internet freedom, high degree of connectivity, online governance etc. etc., much of which may now be under threat. In any case, even if you are not in Estonia the results of this phenomenon are likely to be the same.

Anyway I'll stop rambling and let the article speak for itself. It's at this address.