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[News] Attempts at Web Censorship in Australia Backfire

  • Subject: [News] Attempts at Web Censorship in Australia Backfire
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:13:21 +0100
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Oz government sites floored in firewall protests

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| Hackers reportedly knocked over the website of Australian prime minister 
| Kevin Rudd for a few minutes on Wednesday in an apparent protest against 
| government plans for compulsory internet content filtering.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/10/oz_filtering_protest/


Recent:

Oz gov suggests world's worst copyright protection scheme

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| In their submission, Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) have expressed
| concern that "the proposed legislation provides a very broad exception to the
| prohibition on interception of network communications for the purposes of
| ensuring that a network is "appropriately used"".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/08/14/australia_copyright_scheme/


Australian Law Proposal to Turn ISPs Into Copyright Cops

http://www.zeropaid.com/news/86819/australian-law-proposal-to-turn-isps-into-copyright-cops/


Aussie anti-piracy battle moves into schools

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| The Australian film and television industry will take its fight against
| piracy into schools courtesy of a newly-formed body, the Intellectual
| Property Awareness Foundation (IPAF).
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http://www.itnews.com.au/News/104627,aussie-anti-piracy-battle-moves-into-schools.aspx


Anti-Piracy Groups Target Australiaâs Children

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| Several prominent film and TV anti-piracy groups and other industry bodies
| have teamed up to create yet another group, this time with the aim, among
| other things, to teach Australiaâs children that copyright infringement is
| wrong.
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http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-groups-target-australias-children-090602/


An open source movement in health information?

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| Today's Report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, "A
| Healthier Future For All Australians: Final Report," makes the e-health
| system a central plank in the future of health management in Australia.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26521&Itemid=53
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