Australia Considers Three-Strike Internet Piracy Bill

[admin]

Australia is joining the list of governments considering a 3-strikes anti Internet Piracy law, which would see downloaders warned and then banned from the Internet for up to a year. Once again, the government wants to bypass the courts and let ISPs hand out bans without due process or any avenue of appeal. Entire online based businesses could be shut down for the mere allegation that employees may be downloading pirated material.

The latest development has come as a result of statements made by Communications Minister Stephen Conroy that seem to indicate government support for a 3-strikes system. Stephen Conroy gained notoriety for supporting a nationwide Internet censorship scheme that aims to rival the systems deployed by countries such as Iran or China. The scheme was widely opposed and testing showed that legitimate businesses and websites were added to the blacklist for no apparent reason.

The latest 3-strikes plans has also met immediate opposition from groups such as University of NSW Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre and the Internet Industry Association.

More:

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-lif...0716-dm9s.html

[doctorhardware]

And if someone hijack someone's IP address from Australia and they get 3 strikes then they are out. I see a real big problem with the 3 strike rule. It is so easy to hijack IP addresses.

[soup]

Why don't they understand, it's not going to work without hurting a whole lot of innocent people & businesses out there.

[doctorhardware]

The government does not care. It's not there problem.