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Australia Wants to Regulate Internet Streaming
Paul writes "After an incident that occurred on a popular television show's internet stream, the Australian government has once again demonstrated that it simply does not understand the internet by indicating that they intend to regulate streaming video. I wonder what these geniuses plan on doing with porn streamed from Europe?"
Why Ted Stevens' internet took five days to get to him! All that streaming filling those tubes...
Whacking it like they're 12 again?
Trust me, there's a lot more porn coming from the US.
Not that i'll know it
Maybe watch it after the wife goes to bed!
May Peace Prevail On Earth
The same thing any good regulator would do, keep the good stuff & send the rest through.
Wanna fight ? Bend over, stick your head up your ass, and fight for air.
You know, we Aussies have a bunch of pricks for a government, but what's worse is we have an even dumber bunch of pricks for an opposition. The leader of the opposition Kim "OMFG" Beazley is actually gunning for a great firewall of Australia - *opt-out* violence and pornography filtering placed mandatorily *at the ISP level*. Not only is that a major affront to civil-liberties, he has precisely no idea just how infeasible this idea is technically. And he expects it to help him win an election.
The sad thing is, pandering to the conservative right like that might just help him. God I wish there was an opposition worth voting for. I'm not asking for much, just some people who, you know, present alternative ideas, and have a clue. Oh, sorry, I forgot these guys are career politicians for a second, ignore me.
Where's the link for the porn streamed from Europe?
at least if we invade Norway, it won't be so fscking hot.
the good ground has been paved over by suicidal maniacs
That's what I was thinking. Hire some people to carefully watch every European porn flick, so they can properly rate it. As an European, and thus familiar with said movies and the culture that created them, I'd like to offer my services and expertise to the Australian government for a small consulting fee. All in the interest of the public good and protecting the children from smut, you understand
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I wonder what these geniuses plan on doing with porn streamed from Europe?
Capture, catalog, and burn "best of" CDs, of course.
Oh come one, think of the poor guy they are going to get to watch that crap! Have you no humanity? Haven't you ever heard of the Geneva convention? This is exactly the reason the UK wants to bring in a bill of rights!
....watching streaming porn in Australia has been declared a bootable offense.