Sep
12

Iran is systematically blocking access to lyrics sites

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My previous post was about V for Vendetta and music being illegal in that future UK society and it’s incident similarity to Iran today I was searching for the lyrics of Florent Pagny’s Ma liberté de penser but the first search result was blocked!

I’ve checked other sites and found out that many of the lyric sites are filtered in Iran, including:

No need to say that the www.Youtube.com is also filtered here but we can access it trough ca.youtube.com, uk.youtube.com and …

Sep
06

Am I living in the Future UK?

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I’ve started reading V for Vendetta yesterday. On Page 27 it says:

[V]- But tell me, Evey, do you enjoy music

“I suppose so,” she replied, not entirely sure exactly what sort of music he had in mind. But the question brought back memories of her childhood; after all there was so much more music then. Jazz, reggae, rock’n'rool, world music… all gone now, and nothing left to be heard except the “approved” music they play on the government-controlled radio stations.

V For Vendetta, P. 27.

Wow… Cool… This is what we have in Iran :) Am I living in a Future UK? :)