[MLB-WIRELESS] The possible closure of Melbourne Wireless.

Jason Clarke melbwireless at clarkey.id.au
Fri Apr 1 14:10:38 EST 2005


Hi Josh,

I believe it has something to do with extended antenna masts placed in 
awkward positions. Not really sure.

J
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Clarke" <JoshC at mushroommusic.com.au>
To: "Steven Haigh" <netwiz at crc.id.au>; <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 12:26 PM
Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] The possible closure of Melbourne Wireless.


> Can we have a representative of the porn industry maybe come to the next
> meeting to show us what parts of her act we've infringed upon?
>
> Josh Clarke
> IT Manager
> Mushroom Group of Companies
> http://www.themushroomgroup.com.au
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Steven Haigh
> Sent: Friday, 1 April 2005 11:56 AM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] The possible closure of Melbourne Wireless.
>
> Hi all,
>
> After having a long discussion with the Attorney Generals department
> today, it has been established that the operation of Melbourne Wireless
> has been deemed illegal and a violation of the Telecommunications Act.
>
> The AG department has informed me that a complaint about how Melbourne
> Wireless operates has been lodged, and court documents have been
> forwarded to me with possible fines of over $10,000 per node.
>
> The court documents mention that after monitoring by the Australian
> Federal Police of various operational nodes, the main use of the network
> was for sharing porn and file sharing. After hearing this, a number of
> porn producers and representatives from the Recording and Movie industry
> have lodged seperate court cases holding Melbourne Wireless responsible
> for losses in the order of $5m.
>
> This news has come as a big shock to me, and I will keep everyone
> updated on this matter via the following URL:
> http://melbourne.wireless.org.au/ag.html
>
> --
> Steven Haigh
> President - Melbourne Wireless
>
> Email: netwiz at crc.id.au
> Phone: (03) 9909 0493 - 0412 935 897
>
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