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Australian PM Has Parody Site Shut Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ah-to-breath-the-free-air-of-australia dept.

babbling writes "The Australian Government has shut down a parody website that mocked Australian Prime Minister John Howard. The website featured a satirical speech that 'apologised' for the Iraq war. The site was down for two days before a phone call from Melbourne IT advised the owner that it had been shut down 'on the advice from the Australian Government'. A mirrored PDF copy of the "apology speech" is available."

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  1. FREEDOM IS SLAVERY by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    looks like this was not Minitrue approved!
    And there I was thinking parodical works were protected

  2. I'm glad to see... by soft_guy · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm glad to see that Australia now has the same level of freedoms as Iran, North Korea, and China.

    I love the Austrailian people and I hope that the US will liberate them from their repressive government sometime soon.

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  3. Re:Parodies, "fair use" and Melbourne IT by bogie · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This is a Bad Thing, and it's quite possibly unlawful. In most countries, parody sites are protected under the "fair use" clause in copyright laws"

    Exactly. Here in the awesome USofA such things are protected. You are free to openly disagree with the President and his policies with NO WORRY of retribution. In other countries doing things like that would get you fired from your job, put on the nofly list, or even worse they dig up dirt on you and your family in an attempt to embarass or discredit you if you try to tell the truth.

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