I just returned from a conference last week here in Australia that had a session dealing with this new legislation. One word describes it... scary.
Not only are the Australian government try to censor material here in Australia, they are trying to censor material from outside Australia!
Note that content is not by default to be blocked. Only when a complaint is made and investigated will the service provider have to remove the content (and only that content) for content on their site and also ensure that that content *never* reappears on their site.
For content outside of Australia, once the complaint has been investigated the provider must block access to this content.
Upon receipt of a notice, the provider has until 6pm the next business to remove or block content. Fines of $27500 (for companies, $5500 for individuals) per offence per day for non-compliance are also very scary.
It will be very interesting to see if this legislation will survive for long.
Slashdot Mirror
I just returned from a conference last week here in Australia that had a session dealing with this new legislation. One word describes it... scary.
Not only are the Australian government try to censor material here in Australia, they are trying to censor material from outside Australia!
Note that content is not by default to be blocked. Only when a complaint is made and investigated will the service provider have to remove the content (and only that content) for content on their site and also ensure that that content *never* reappears on their site.
For content outside of Australia, once the complaint has been investigated the provider must block access to this content.
Upon receipt of a notice, the provider has until 6pm the next business to remove or block content. Fines of $27500 (for companies, $5500 for individuals) per offence per day for non-compliance are also very scary.
It will be very interesting to see if this legislation will survive for long.