(This is the second post in the series of my “What the ****” posts)
1)
There’s a new language law passed in Estonia, the Northern European country in which I live in.
It requires me to blog in fluent Estonian. Sorry, but that’s… well, retarded. First of all (although I live in Estonia and consider me somewhat Estonian, I speak better English than Estonian, even though Estonian is my mother tongue) I don’t blog in Estonian. I blog in English. It is the language I speak best. It is the language that I am taught daily in school. Yes, 5 days a week. Every day. 45 minutes of English. (And 2 days a week of Estonian grammar and 2 days a week of Estonian Lit.)
I am astonished by this new law and I don’t know if me blogging in English is alright anymore. But I think it is alright, as both my blogs are hosted in the United States.
Edit: A quick mention: The law “Might extend to blogging” as there is such a law already in existence (not on the Internet).
2)
A law requires all hardware devices imported into Estonia via mail to have a CE sign on them and be some EU-bull**** compliant. What? I don’t care if the device I buy doesn’t comply these standards. It is not your business.
This one seriously makes me wonder, what the **** is going on?
3)
The copyright laws of the world. First of all, what the **** @ country restrictions on videos/songs on youtube / other sites.
Why the **** does the fact that I don’t live in the US or UK matter? It’s not like it is meant to stop piracy as showing the content to me that is FREE to the citizens of the United States / United Kingdom is not preventing you or anyone from getting profits.
And the online stores’ restrictions. My god it is just bloody idiotic. Why can’t I use the United States’ or United Kingdom’s iTunes music store if I live in Estonia? Why? You are MAKING me pirate as there is no Estonian iTunes Store. I want to pay for the content. But you are not letting me.
And then you wonder why so much content is pirated outside the United States.
View this post uncensored on my blog:
http://johannessiig.info/2009/08/09/fuck-estonia-fuck-ansip-fuck-reformierakond/
