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

[Dan Flett]

You bastard! :)

> 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

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