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IP: Australian Internet Censorship [WAS:[Oz-ISP] censorship legislation out!]
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 09:01:29 -0400
Date: Wed, 21 Apr 1999 16:24:22 +1000 (EST) From: Michael Taylor <mitaylor () cisco com> To: farber () cis upenn edu Hello, My name is Mike Taylor, I work for Cisco in Australia. I have been seeing a lot of traffic on a local ISP list here (aussie-isp () aussie net) about Net censorship in Australia. It is of GRAVE concern to us down here, and I just wanted to pass this on to you (at the suggestion of one of my collegues). The Australian government has just legislated that ISPs are liable for 'undesireable' content that their users may see on 'the internet'. This is in spite of a report by the CSIRO (Govt. Science oragnisation) that technically it's impossible. We have no constitution, being a Commonwealth country, not a republic, so it looks like we're screwed!!!! There are links below to a couple of articles. Best Regards, Mike Taylor Cisco Systems Australia ----- Begin Included Message -----From aussie-isp-owner () koala aussie net Wed Apr 21 14:04:56 1999X-SMAP-Received-From: outside From: Danny Yee <danny () anatomy usyd edu au> Message-Id: <199904210358.NAA08370 () thrud anatomy usyd edu au> Subject: [Oz-ISP] censorship legislation out! To: aussie-isp () aussie net Cc: efa-board () efa org au (EFA Board), link () www anu edu au (Link List) X-PGP-Key-Fingerprint: FC CC D9 BA 7A 4A 50 FA CF E4 DB C5 D0 C6 87 79 X-URL: http://www.anatomy.usyd.edu.au/danny/ Sender: majordomo-owner () koala aussie net Reply-To: aussie-isp () aussie net The announcement http://www.dcita.gov.au/nsapi-text/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&pathid=3762 (And attempt to browbeat the ALP into supporting it.) The bill (Word .doc format) http://www.aph.gov.au/parlinfo/billsnet/9907720.doc The speech: http://www.dcita.gov.au/nsapi-text/?MIval=dca_dispdoc&pathid=%2fpolicy%2fonline2rs%2ehtml It seems to be basically what we've been expecting. --- +-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------------+ + || || + Cisco Systems Inc. + Michael J Taylor + + || || + Asia-Pacific TAC + Customer Support Engineer + + |||| |||| + Zenith Centre + Ph: +61 2 8448 7238 + + ..:||||||:..:||||||:.. + 821-843 Pacific Hwy + Fx: +61 2 8448 7712 + + Cisco Systems Inc. + Chatswood, Australia+ Email: mitaylor () cisco com + +-------------------------+---------------------+---------------------------+ http://www.cisco.com/kobayashi/serv_tac.shtml
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