[LINK] Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end

[Steven Clark]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>  Web censorship plan heads towards a dead end
 > Asher Moses February 26, 2009 - 2:54PM SMH
> 
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/02/26/1235237810486.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1

No celebrating until it is dead and buried.

Like any zombie, Bills aren't dead until they're really, really dead.

>  An expert report, handed to the Government last February but kept
>  secret until December after it was uncovered by the Herald, concluded
>  the proposed scheme was fundamentally flawed.

... 'fundamentally flawed'

That's understatement gold.

>  "Unfortunately, such a short memory regarding the debate in 1999
>  about internet content has led the coalition to already offer support
>  for greater censorship by actively considering proposals for
>  unworkable, quick fixes that involve filtering the internet at the
>  ISP level," Labor Senator Kate Lundy said in 2003.

Ah, politics ...

-- 
Steven R Clark, BSc(Hons) LLB/LP(Hons) /Flinders/, MACS, Barrister and 
Solicitor
PhD Candidate, Centre for Regulation and Market Analysis
School of Commerce, City West Campus, University of South Australia

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