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Australian Net Filter Protest Site Returns

Posted by kdawson on from the pla-hol dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Stephen Conroy 'Minister for Fascism' website, whose stephenconroy.com.au domain was forced offline by the Australian Domain Name Administrator, has now reclaimed the name after the initial 14-day injunction expired. During those 14 days, the protesters managed to comply with the Australian domain name registration criteria. However, contrary to auDA's own rules and contrary to public quotes by the auDA CEO, the protesters were continually refused the domain. Now, however, it seems that they have unequivocally shown that they have the right to the domain and have re-registered it."

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  1. AuDA is run by evil people bent on evil methods by gavron · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I was once an expert witness in a court case in Australian Federal District Court where AuDA stole the domain names of my client and tried to keep them.

    AuDA is the epitome of an organization that is operating outside its moral guidelines.

    AuDA should be removed and a responsible organization put in its place,

    Sorry, Australia. You allow this crap to control your access to DNS. You hurt yourself only, not the real world.

    E

  2. I thought Conroy was the Minister for Fascism? by Freaky+Spook · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given his stonewalling of public questions, his inability to answer parliament questions in question time, his personal time spent with the Australian Christian Lobby, and his departments attempt to get the IIA to shut Mark Newton up, I'd say he's well and truly doing that role.

  3. Outcome by MichaelSmith · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Kevin Rudd isn't sitting up in The Lodge scanning the opinions of contributors to this site. OTH he is surely paying close attention to public opinion and the opinions of certain members of parliament who hold the balance of power.

    I think it is important to avoid giving Rudd and Conroy ammunition at this point. Do not behave like a bunch of idiots. Public opinion is fragile. I am reminded of the pilots dispute of almost 20 years ago. The Government swung public opinion their way early on and the pilots never had a chance.

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    http://michaelsmith.id.au