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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. Re:Can somebody explain Australian law for me? by Wild+Wizard · · Score: 5, Informative

    they have gone through the court system the raid is when they turn up with the nice little court documents that says they can look at whatever they want

    big corporates get the same treatment that your local drug dealer gets its called equality i know thats a hard concept for some to grasp

  2. Hell, we raided the library! by ihatewinXP · · Score: 5, Informative

    From the American Library Associations website: http://www.ala.org/alonline/news/2003/030224.html# santafe I was horrified to read that a man was hamdcuffed and brought in for perfectly harmless (but anti-Bush) chat in a library. Read the article and shiver. This story along with the Patriot Act II http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/02200 3Winslow/022003winslow.html has me very scared for my basic rights. These scenarios are coming home fast, it's good to watch Australia and Britan to see what's in store.

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  3. Re:Can somebody explain Australian law for me? by Goldberg's+Pants · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wouldn't be the first time the AFP have overreacted.

    Just got done reading this. When it comes to computer "crime" they do seem to have the approach of trying to swat an ant with a sledgehammer.

    They're also a bunch of racist bastards if the book is to be believed.

  4. Note by DiSKiLLeR · · Score: 3, Informative

    The AFP (Australian Federal Police) is the Australian Equivelant of the FBI.

    Also ASIO is the Australian Equivelant of the CIA.

    I always wanted to work for the AFP or ASIO. But its too hard to get in, and you don't get paid enough....

    D.

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  5. Re:Copyrighted Material? by mr_tenor · · Score: 5, Informative

    copyright.org.au

    http://www.copyright.org.au/PDF/InfoSheets/G070. pd f

    I was shocked to find out that ripping your "own" cds isn't permitted. Maybe there are some other wierd rules.

  6. Re:Copyrighted Material? by julesdoak · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's all illegal unfortunately. It's protected overseas so it's protected here.
    You can't legally get it. Morally, it's up to you. You aren't likely to get sued in Australia if no one has a local license for it, so you might be safe.
    2 things to remember about our sunburnt country - you have no privacy and there is no such thing as fair use here.

    Here is some more info on Australian Copyright
    Reciprocal agreements http://www.copyright.com.au/copying_overseas.htm
    Useful sites
    http://www.copyright.org.au
    http://www.copyright.com.au
    http://www.ipaustralia.gov.au
    AGD Copyright Law Branch
    AGD Copyright Law Review Committee