[MLB-WIRELESS] AFACT vs iiNET - implications for internet filtering?

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}Yeah but I don't want to pirate death threats, that's boring. 
 On Fri 05/02/10  8:49 AM , "'Mike Everest'" mw at freenet.net.au sent: 
 Interesting commentary from Paul Budde this morning:  
 (from:http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335062/iinet_outcome_global_si 
 
 gnificance_budde/?eid=-180)  
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 Also crucial in the outcome was the reaffirmation of the notion that 
ISPs  
 are, in effect, the middlemen of the internet and therefore could not 
be  
 viewed as being responsible for the actions of end users, Budde said. 
 
 "The same principle applies to Australia Post which is not 
responsible if it  
 delivers a letter which contains death threats to someone," he said.  
 Locally, the principle that ISPs should not be responsible for 
policing the  
 action of their end users had the potential to re-ignite the debate 
on  
 ISP-level content filtering, Budde said.  
 "The question now is: can [communications minister] Stephen Conroy 
now  
 legally force ISPs to take on the role of policeman," he said. "While 
 
 everyone in principle everyone agrees with the idea of protecting 
children,  
 what he is doing could now be challenged based on the outcome of this 
kind  
 of court case."  
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 Cheers!  
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 > Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] AFACT vs iiNET - 3 cheers for iiNET! :-)  
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 > After all the hype and angst, the ruling is out:  ISPs 1 - 
Self-appointed  
 > vigilante group, ZERO! ;-)  
 >   
 > 
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in- 
 
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 > ndmark-piracy-case-20100204-ndwr.html  
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