[LINK] Why the IWF was wrong to lift its ban on a Wikipedia page

[Kim Holburn]

On 2008/Dec/13, at 6:40 AM, Danny Yee wrote:

> David Goldstein wrote:
>> A good outline of the IWF's decision to block, and unblock, the  
>> Wikipedia page from OUT-LAW News...
>
> I wish the IWF had stuck to its guns too!  The whole idea of secret
> censorship by an unelected and unaccountable private organisation
> really needs proper evaluation, and now that seems less likely
> to happen.

Seems to me that in this case it was evaluated and found wanting.

> Given that the exact same image appears on Amazon, I'd really love to
> have seen the IWF start relaying all traffic to Amazon IP addresses
> through a filtering proxy, just a couple of weeks before Christmas.
> The resulting lawsuit might have settled some questions too.
>
> But at least the IWF hasn't started blacklisting cartoons.
> An Australian equivalent would have to, given the different laws here.
> 	http://machinegunkeyboard.com/?p=566


http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,24767202-2,00.html

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