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Australian Federal Police Raid Major ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the overzealous-or-regular-zealous dept.

pflodo writes "The Australian (newspaper) has an article about Telstra the major Australian ISP and other 'declined to name' ISPs that have been raided by Australian Federal Police to 'seek the identity of particular subscribers' in relation to their activity and files stored on the ISP's servers. I imagine they will eventually raid some domestic homes and make a scapegoat of some unfortunate teenagers."

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  1. "Valuable" Music by kevinatilusa · · Score: 5, Funny

    "According to sources, the wholesale value of the allegedly pirated music may be as high as $60 million"

    Then again, the music could be mostly Backstreet Boys, Brittney Spears, and N'Sync, in which case the value of the music is closer to $60.

    1. Re:"Valuable" Music by gid13 · · Score: 5, Funny

      as in "i'd pay $60 for someone to murder these singers because i'd rather bathe in acid and razor blades than hear them sing another note"?

    2. Re:"Valuable" Music by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love it when they estimate the value of something like this. I remember from my college days when there would be a big pot bust, and the cops would say "x pounds of pot were seized, with a street value of $y," and after a quick calculation, we'd see that the cops are obviously overpaying...

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  2. wow by rigelstar · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sounds so Orwellian for an American groupie country. Whats going on?

    1. Re: wow by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny


      > Sounds so Orwellian for an American groupie country. Whats going on?

      Orwellian is 'in' this year in the USA, so groupie countries can be expected to follow suit.

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  3. Crikey! by stevezero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I have to give up my downloaded copies of the 'Crocodile Hunter'?

    1. Re:Crikey! by G-funk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does this mean I have to give up my downloaded copies of the 'Crocodile Hunter'?

      No, but good taste might.

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  4. Something fishy there? by Aropax20 · · Score: 3, Funny
    It seems strange to me (as an Aussie) that our Federal Police would have nothing better to do than the legwork for a music industry lawsuit.

    Chasing child pr0n-ography - yep.

    Keeping Australia free from terror - yep

    Those sort of raids are all about upholding current laws

    But chasing up a bunch of mp3 downloaders?

    Pull the other leg, it plays JingleBells.mp3

  5. Preferred Name by B3ryllium · · Score: 3, Funny

    I prefer to call them the Federal Austrailian Police, or the FAP Squad. *fapfapfap*

  6. Re:Lately... by nathanh · · Score: 4, Funny
    It seems like the Aussies have taken a page or two from the US's "Big Book O' Terrorism" manual.

    No way! All Australians are prepared to combat terrorism. I've got my Government Endorsed Anti-Terrorism Fridge Magnet and I'm completely safe now!

  7. Oh so glad I live in a free country by rf0 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I mean here in the UK it great to have no worries.

    I mean we dont have the RIP bill that means you can be chucked in prison for 5 years if you wont tell police your passwords, and they don't even need a warrent

    Or that on the average day you are caught on 100 different CCTV cameras

    Or that its a police state but most people haven't noticed yet

    Rus

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  8. Re:big problem here... by Phroggy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why would someone committing computer-related illegal activities store anything on their ISP's servers? That's just begging for the systems administrator to find it themselves, and report you for something (assuming it violates their ethics code).

    Every system administrator I've known who has done anything to crack down on users hosting illegal content has first checked to see if the user has any good MP3s or movies they don't have yet, and saved them before taking action against the user.

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  9. Re:Note by nathanh · · Score: 4, Funny
    The AFP (Australian Federal Police) is the Australian Equivelant of the FBI. Also ASIO is the Australian Equivelant of the CIA.

    By using the acronyms ASIO, CIA and FBI you have activated the Australian Echelon System. Unfortunately due to budget cutbacks we cannot record your call right now. Please ring again between the hours of 9am and 5pm weekdays and an Echelon Recording Specialist will eavesdrop on your conversation. We value your information and look forwards to eavesdropping on you in the near future.

  10. Re:Can somebody explain Australian law for me? by budgenator · · Score: 4, Funny

    Gentleman, unfortunatly our Halon Fire suppression system activated, and has locked down the area you are in, this necessitates that all 15 of you share the 5 scott's escape air pack providing 5 minutes of escape air until the fire department arives in about 10 minutes, have a nice day....

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  11. Re:big problem here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ever heard of backups ? I find it very unlikely that a major ISP would not have the user data backed up on tape. When the police grabs the server they just restore the data to another server taking over

    "Another server"? Oh, you mean the one they just have lying aroung doing nothing? Hardware costs, my friend.

  12. Irony is when a former penal colony..... by VinniTheGeek · · Score: 2, Funny

    Irony is when a former penal colony known as a haven for outcasts and criminals creates and enforces laws to punish the outcasts and criminals.