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<span style="font-weight: bold;">On Fri 05/02/10 8:49 AM , "'Mike Everest'" mw@freenet.net.au sent:<br>
</span><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(245, 245, 245); margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 0px;">Interesting commentary from Paul Budde this morning:
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(from:<a target="_blank" href="http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335062/iinet_outcome_global_si"><span style="color: red;">http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/335062/iinet_outcome_global_si</span></a>
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gnificance_budde/?eid=-180)
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Also crucial in the outcome was the reaffirmation of the notion that ISPs
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are, in effect, the middlemen of the internet and therefore could not be
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viewed as being responsible for the actions of end users, Budde said.
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"The same principle applies to Australia Post which is not responsible if it
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delivers a letter which contains death threats to someone," he said.
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Locally, the principle that ISPs should not be responsible for policing the
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action of their end users had the potential to re-ignite the debate on
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ISP-level content filtering, Budde said.
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"The question now is: can [communications minister] Stephen Conroy now
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legally force ISPs to take on the role of policeman," he said. "While
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everyone in principle everyone agrees with the idea of protecting children,
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what he is doing could now be challenged based on the outcome of this kind
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of court case."
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Cheers!
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> -----Original Message-----
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> From: <a href="mailto:melbwireless-bounces@wireless.org.au">melbwireless-bounces@wireless.org.au</a> [mailto:melbwireless-
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> <a href="mailto:bounces@wireless.org.au">bounces@wireless.org.au</a>] On Behalf Of <a href="mailto:mw@freenet.net.au">mw@freenet.net.au</a>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> Sent: Thursday, 4 February 2010 4:40 PM
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> To: 'Melbourne Wireless'
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] AFACT vs iiNET - 3 cheers for iiNET! :-)
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> After all the hype and angst, the ruling is out: ISPs 1 - Self-appointed
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> vigilante group, ZERO! ;-)
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in-"><span style="color: red;">http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/iinet-slays-hollywood-in-</span></a>
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> la
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<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">> ndmark-piracy-case-20100204-ndwr.html
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