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Australian Government Moving Forward With Anti-Piracy Mandate For ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the sniff-it-sniff-all-of-it dept.

angry tapir (1463043) writes Australia is moving closer to a regime under which ISPs will be forced to block access to websites whose "dominant purpose" is to facilitate copyright violations. A secret government discussion paper (PDF) has been leaked and proposes a system of website blocking and expanded liability for ISPs when it comes to "reasonable steps that can be taken ... to discourage or reduce online copyright infringement."

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  1. Australia Deserves it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Spineless citizenry deserves an oppressive government. Don't worry they'll keep you safe in your digital cage.

    1. Re: Australia Deserves it. by rfuilrez · · Score: 3, Informative

      http://mobile.philly.com/news/...

      Here ya go. Happened a couple days ago. Patiant came into a hospital and started shooting. It was a gun-free zone but one of the doctors had his gun anyway and killed the guy.

      http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki...

      And also there you go. A group of people stood up against a branch of the federal government for something they believe in. No shots were fired, but they were prepared to. The BLM backed off.

      Obviously these aren't the only ones. But they should satisfy your criteria.

  2. Re:Goddammit Tony Abbott by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Ah, but you forget. Tony Abbott doesn't learn. He's an insane corrupt sociopathic fucker that Australians have made a horrible horrible mistake by electing.

    Captcha: snuffer

  3. Re:Goddammit Tony Abbott by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uncle Rupert owns the content. Uncle Rupert owns our pay tv network. Uncle Rupert discourages FTTH.

    Follow the money.