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IP: Broadcasting Services Amendment a sad look


From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 16:36:47 -0400



From: "Gillmor, Dan" <DGillmor () sjmercury com>
To: "'farber () cis upenn edu'" <farber () cis upenn edu>



http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/columns/gillmor/docs/dg050499.htm

As Australia's government races headlong toward a regime of Internet
censorship, a visitor from the United States is tempted to ridicule the
notion and the politicians who are responsible. But I find myself more
saddened than smug as I look at the proposed Broadcasting Services Amendment
(Online Services) Bill, for several reasons.


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