18 May 2009Recent reviews and policy discussions of the various IP systems have consistently lamented the lack of hard data on the extent of the problem of infringement, what it costs and whom it affects, how firms respond, and how successful existing systems for IP enforcement are.
This article argues that Australian Labor's internet censorship policy (whose main goal is to prevent access to child pornography) is pointless, because the proposed filter is easy to bypass.
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People are becoming more and more worried about internet censorship laws and procedures that minor and major blackouts in London cause people to question the severity of the outage.
This blog post brings to light the various discussions going on concerning current government movements on anti-copyright and counterfeiting policies and the effects it is having on Australian communication providers.
This article has a link to a petition to stop internet censorship, It outlines what sort of sites would be blocked under the proposal which include torrent sites, some YouTube material as well as various blogs and anything "offensive" onsocial networking sites.
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Slightly outdated blog about internet censorship in Australia - links to Australian federal politics (probably misinformed). Found in google blog search
"They can close your eyes, but they can't close your mouth". Blog that is encouraging mobilisation action.
About: Our intention is to stop the implementation of Internet Censorship in Australia. By peaceful action, we are advocating the use of letters sent to your Minister of Parliament or Letters to the Editor in your local and national newspapers. Any peaceful, non-violent/non-harmful expression of interest is acceptable and encouraged.
Article discussing the possibility that the current proposed internet censorship legislation will be scrapped with the Green Party's control of the Senate
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"With the Greens now in control of the Australian Senate is the Gillard government's plans for Internet censorship dead asks Jo Coghlan. "
The voluntary filtering being introduced by some of Australia’s major internet service providers (ISPs) is on shaky legal ground
content filters based on Interpol’s blacklist of child exploitation material rather than the relevant portions of the blacklist that continues to be compiled by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
But is that the way we make laws? We just leave the commercial sector to do its own thing?
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Now, Australia is planning to bring the strictness with which they view films and television to the Internet.
Content that will be banned from cyberspace ranges from child pornography to discussions on euthanasia.
There is also new legislation that is being pushed by the Labor government to compel ISPs to keep track of the activities of their subscribers. It has been alleged that the government is trying to get a hold of the web browsing history of its citizens.