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Big boost for Aussie firewall
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| The controversial Great Aussie Firewall got a big boost yesterday when
| Australia's second largest ISP Optus agreed to join the pilot.
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| The testing of filtering technology has suffered credibility problems since
| the refusal of iiNet to take part, after it was unable to reconcile the trial
| with its opposition to censorship. iiNet said the proposed blacklist of
| unwanted material was much wider than just child sex abuse images.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/23/aussie_firewall_boost/
Recent:
Austalian ISP Stands Up For Users In Court -- Claims They're Not Violating
Copyright
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| Late last year, a bunch of movie studios sued Australian ISP iiNet (which
| already has a reputation for standing up for its users) for not waving a
| magic wand and stopping any unauthorized file sharing that occurred among its
| customers. iiNet responded by pointing out the obvious: if the studios feel
| they've been wronged, they should take it up with the police, not iiNet. In
| fact, they said they pass such complaints directly to the police...
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090325/1836414257.shtml
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