Auf einer
offiziellen Webseite
warb Nordkorea mit
einem Flash-Video
zumindest so lange
für eine Rundreise,
bis das Video von
dem Blog Boingboing
entdeckt wurde, der
sich über den
totalitären
Tourismus lustig
machte und einen
Link zu dem Video
setzte. Es dauerte
nur kurze Zeit, bis
die Seite in
Nordkorea unter dem
Ansturm der Besucher
zusammenbrach -
Boingboing soll
immerhin einige
tausend Besucher
haben.
Wenig später stieß
man nach Anklicken
des Links nur noch
auf folgende
Nachricht:
"Due to some
inconsiderate people
linking directly to
our multimedia we
were forced to take
the content offline
since it generated
too much traffic.
This kind of
careless linking to
high-profile sites
is typical of the
internet where
people no longer
respect that such
links could make
free content less
available. We will
never charge money
to pay for the
bandwidth, so if
people are going to
expect high-quality
content they should
make their own copy
of the large file
and share it from
their own server."
Kurze Zeit später
wurde die Nachricht
durch folgende
ersetzt:
"Access to the
requested object was
denied. We are
sorry we had to take
this popular movie
offline, to conserve
bandwidth. Some
websites that exist
only for pointing
fingers and people's
amusement, and not
to explore culture,
has recently begun
to link directly to
this file and other
large multimedia
files. This resulted
in poor quality of
our normal services.
We encourage people
to share files on
the internet to
conserve resources,
and we are
considering
expanding our
selection of free
multimedia content
(Flash, MP3 and MPG/ASX/ASF)
to make as much as
possible available
to as many as
possible so that
they may learn about
our culture. The
logical course of
action is to use P2P
technology such as
found in the
Bit-Torrent system.
We will announce
when the use of such
system is available.
In the mean time, we
have to restrict
access to some
areas. Please check
back in one
week.Thank you for
your attention and
letters of support."
