World Wide Web of Censorship
The Australian reports:
The Obama administration has questioned the Rudd government’s plan to introduce an internet filter, saying it runs contrary to the US’s foreign policy of encouraging an open internet to spread economic growth and global security.
Officials from the State Department have raised the issue with Australian counterparts as the US mounts a diplomatic assault [...]
In: ACTA, Censorship, Internet Filtering, New World Order, Stupid Politics, copyright · Tagged with: 3-strikes, ACTA, copyright-theft, internet censorship
Copyright theft or Big Brother by stealth?
The ABC reports that “the Australian film and television industry has lost a case against a major internet service provider whose customers downloaded pirated movies and television programs” – Hooray!
The legal action followed a five-month investigation by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft.
The companies claimed iiNet infringed copyright by failing to stop users engaging [...]
In: Censorship, Internet Filtering · Tagged with: ACTA, BitTorrent, copyright, file sharing, iiNet, internet censorship, internet filter
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