[LINK] Green light for internet filter plans

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

Irene writes,
 
> > It appears that if the film industry (AFACT) win their current iiNet
> > ISP court case, then ISPs will be forced to implement filters. Maybe
> > Senator Conroy has inside info that AFACT may indeed win, and hence,
> > is 'getting in early' regarding widescale Aussie ISP filtering?
> 
> it's highly unlikely that copyright infringement has anything
> whatsoever to do with the govt's mandatory censorship/blocking 'plan'.. 
> All indications to date are the government's intentions are plainly 
> censorship of material/information that is controversial .. Irene


Thanks for your opinion, Irene.

Do you think however this may be taking a somewhat blinkered and narrow
strictly legalistic viewpoint regarding the proposed mandatory blocking?

For example, if AFACT win their case, then they WILL issue legal threats
to all local ISPs if they don't block Pirate Bay etc, & one would expect
most/all ISPs to comply within one heartbeat. What ISP wants legal costs
for the sake of public access to locations completely un-related to them?

Then, with ISP blocking practices firmly in place, how long before other
groups join a chorus asking 'we block film sites, and NOT kiddie p0rn?!?'

Given their stated intentions our Gov would thus look rather silly, true?

So, although no one else has yet suggested it, as far as i know, or care, 
it seems very logical to me that our Gov may want to avoid looking silly
by getting in first before AFACT win, and so make ISP blocking mandatory.


Cheers,
Stephen