Re: Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11, 000 a day (in Australia)

[quispiam lepidus <quispiam.lepidus () gmail com>]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:57 AM, phester <funsec () armorfirewall com> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Mar 2009, quispiam lepidus wrote:
>
> > It seems the ACMA is continuing its draconian Internet censorship in
> > Australia. Earlier this week it threatened www.whirlpool.net.au, a
> > popular Australian tech site, with $11k/day fines if it did not remove
> > a forum post containing a link to a page on their "secret" filter
> > list. Something that's also interesting is they went straight to the
> > hosting provider, not to whirlpool itself, with the threat.
>
> Anybody know the link(s)?
>
> No match for "BANNEDINAUSTRALIA.COM".
>
>
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To the list of banned sites? It's not public. Apparently it's provided
to ISP's and they're under some form of govt. NDA. No one has had the
gonads to leak it thus far.

The act that the ACMA is empowered by is the Broadcasting Services Act
1992 - 
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/ActCompilation1.nsf/0/901123C9D49C409BCA25755C0014FCC7/$file/BroadServ1992Vol1_WD02.pdf

There's a bit of info @ http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_90102
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