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Australia Passes Site-Blocking Legislation
ausrob writes: Cementing their position as Australia's most backwards and dangerous government in recent memory comes this nasty bit of legislation, riddled with holes (which is nothing new for this decrepit Government): "The legislation allows rights holders to go to a Federal Court judge to get overseas websites, or "online locations", blocked that have the "primary purpose" of facilitating copyright infringement. If a rights holder is successful in their blocking request, Australian internet providers, such as Telstra and Optus, will need to comply with a judge's order by disabling access to the infringing location."
Adds reader Gumbercules!! links to another story on the legislation, writing: Aside from the sheer inefficiency of trying to spot piracy by blocking individual sites, there's also the risk that servers which house other, more legitimate sites, will be caught up in the net. Unsurprisingly, the bill does nothing to remedy the fact that Australians pay far more for access to media than other places in the World or that media is often not available or extremely delayed, here.
at least the title isn't editorialized...
Maybe you shouldn't elect those people.
The shepherds did so well protecting the flock that the sheep no longer believed that wolves existed.
actually, this reminds me of a joke: Why do Ibis have wings?
A: To beat the abbos to the tip.
Just as frustrating as a corrupt government, is trying to pronounce the Australian long "O" vowel. I just watched The Babadook right after watching Crocodile Dundee, and it dawned on me how impossible it is to imitate that sound they make! According to this link, it has 4 vowel sounds in one.
https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...
It also has this weird tonal quality... like high to low to high again. Maybe my Vietnamese born friend could give it a shot with all their crazy tonal difficulties in their language. I mean, how else are these fellows so great at imitating Christopher Walken? Are these guys all Vietnamese in this Youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
While the current legislation is dangerously ambiguous, has a strong likelihood of being abused and used for overreaching chilling tactics against non-infringing entities; the Australian court system has the world's most robust and convenient supply of kangaroos, which should ease judicial proceedings under the law considerably.
got any good abbo jokes?
It's ok, you won't offend them, it's not like they can read anyway.
there is this old man that controls a lot of media in australia
eventually all politicians end up having to go see and deal with this bloke rupert and/or his company
one way is to give in to what they want hence the "internet filter" which blocks "copyright" which they are concerned about...
what I find sad is they have no interest in actual copyright or paying artists but in shareholder returns (which they should be as its a company).
regards
John Jones
has gone back to its roots as a Prison Colony again?
This **is** a highly politicised post. And, I will make **no** comment on the 'political' outcome of, or machinations behind, this legislation.
It takes only a few seconds to see that the prism / microscope / binoculars / rose-tinted-glasses through which this story has been passed is distorting the image spectacularly into a politically charged version of what ever is the truth.
For someone from Australia, as I am, it takes about 1/10 that time, at most.
The authors have used no restraint in being 'political' in their framing of the post.
The SlashDot editors have used scant / little judgement in editing the two contributors' stories into one biased story. "Shame, shame, shame!"
Looking at space, radio, science and computing from a 'down-under' amateur enthusiast perspective.
THIS IS A RACIALLY OFFENSIVE THREAD. DELETE! This thread is being racially offensive to Australian Aboriginals ("abos" / "abbos" / "abo"). For Americans, think what "nigger" means in your culture. For Asians and people from the UK, think what "Pakki" means. For others, you probably have something equally offensive that makes you cringe, even if you use the term. Slashdot SHOULD remove this thread. Please (as a white Australian)
Looking at space, radio, science and computing from a 'down-under' amateur enthusiast perspective.
cry more you giant baby.
The pronunciation of the Australian long "O" is easy.
Say 'fuel'. Now, drop the "ee-you-eh" sound and instead just say the "oo". It comes out as "F'yool".
Say "foot". Now, say it like "soot" (rather that "sort".)
Say "roof". Now, say it not like a dog saying "ruff", but with the "ooo" of "rooof".
Say "kangaroo". Now, say it without as "Kang-gar-Rooo" with the capitals meaning a bit more emphasis (aka "Em-far-siss", as opposed to "em-FAR-sis").
That takes you along the road to speaking "strine" (the local contraction for "Australian", as in "a- Stine").
an Aussie
Looking at space, radio, science and computing from a 'down-under' amateur enthusiast perspective.
was trying to mod 'funny' but clicked 'overrated' instead. whoops.
People will be using less bandwidth and make the modifications to the NBN seem more justified and appropriate. :P
Imagine if the response to this comes from the other side?
Imagine if non-AU sites say enough and just start blocking AU IP blocks to give them an idea of what blocking can really do?
Isn't this the model implemented by British parliament? A conspiracy nutter would think some secret machination (either military or corporate) is forcing this legislation upon countries of the world. Australia just implemented a watered-down version of the John Doe IP piracy lawsuits favoured by American corporations.
The first half of this article is just political SPAM. Any argument or discussion involving Australians will always devolve into a puerile argument of Labor vs Liberal politics, no matter what the subject matter, within 5 posts.
Either side of politics would have done this. The greens (far left progressive) would have done this. The Labor mob (union-run socialists) would have done this. As it happens, the Liberals (actually middle-road conservatives) happen to be in power when it's done.
I don't have a problem with it. I think online thievery should absolutely be blocked, along with sites facilitating terrorism, as determined by a court.
I doesn't matter if you agree or disagree with a content provider's terms and conditions and fees. It doesn't create an entitlement for you. You're not entitled to appropriate other people's property because you disagree with them.
Where did this unrealistic idea come from that all rules and laws are void, because internet?