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-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Gram <gramario@xxxxxx>
A: David Bosley <bosley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: 16 August 1999 20:08
Oggetto: R: Internet censorship
>All this talk about censoring the intenet is, in my opinion a load of c....
>People can establish sites offshore and do what they like to their heart's
>content. And other people, who receive, only need a telephone line and soon
>you will be able to use foreign companies in other places.
>It's all claptrap!
>Gram.
>-----Messaggio originale-----
>Da: David Bosley <bosley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>A: Realtraders <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Data: 16 August 1999 15:26
>Oggetto: Internet censorship
>
>
>>A few weeks ago Realtraders had a short discussion regarding the
>>(im)possibility) of internet censorship.
>>
>>I thought Realtraders may be interested to know that the Australian
>>Government is currently passing such legislation, which obviously has
>>the potential to become the model for the rest of the world. At present
>>Australia is one of the world's highest users of the net per capita &
>>this legislation has the potential to turn it into a backwater.
>>
>>The exact details of the legislation are still unclear but it is safe to
>>say that it will almost certainly be enacted & once that has occurred
>>what politician would ever remove it? You can hear the political spin
>>doctors' slogans already.
>>
>>As is usual in our times the legislation is being introduced for very
>>understandable & acceptable reasons, however as is also usual, the
>>potential for undesirable side effects is immense.
>>
>>It appears that virtually all internet transmissions will have to be
>>vetted for content, can you imagine what that will do to speed?
>>
>>In the event of proscribed words being detected the e mail, web site
>>etc. will be blocked. Two of the activities the censorship is designed
>>to eliminate are pornography & drugs, as a result we in Australia may
>>not be able to receive a report stating that the S & P has "made a
>>bottom & is rallying" nor would we be able to read about say the New
>>York Police Service's latest initiative against drugs because of the
>>presence of those words, irrespective of context.
>>
>>At present it appears that the Government is just realising the the
>>immensity of the task they are providing & are therefore placing legal
>>responsibility for enforcement on the ISPs
>>
>>Below are a few comments & links for those who are interested.
>>
>>Thanks for a great discussion service.
>>
>>David
>>
>>
>> The Broadcasting Services
>>Amendment (Online Services) Bill 1999 was passed through
>> the senate on the 26 May,
>>intending to censor the internet for Australian's.
>>
>> Informative Links:
>>
>> http://www.efa.org.au/
>> http://censorship.avs.net.au/
>>
>>http://technology.news.com.au/indextech.asp?URL=/techno/features/f90601a.h
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>>
>> In summary, the bill intends to
>>"establish a regulatory framework relating to illegal or
>> offensive material published and
>>transmitted through online services such as the
>> Internet.".
>>
>> The bill proposes to censor
>>internet content which is defined as : "information that is
>> stored and that is accessible to
>>the public. Restricted access systems such as Intranets are
>> excluded. Ephemeral content, such
>>as newsgroups, chat rooms and real time services such
>> as streaming video and audio, is
>>also excluded, except to the extent that they are stored or
>> archived, given that it would not
>>be possible to classify "live" material. However, this
>> content will continue to be
>>subject to s.85ZE of the Crimes Act that provides for an
>> offence for the knowing or
>>reckless use of a carriage service in a manner which would
>> cause offence to a reasonable
>>adult in all the circumstances. The Bill amends the Crimes
>> Act to put its application in this
>>regard beyond doubt."
>>
>> YOUR SAY: Some comments from our
>>customers...
>>
>> "The technology to filter port 80
>>request isn't reliable, there's a lot of legitimate sites
>> filtered out by certain programs."
>>
>> "The internet industry will
>>suffer, prices will rise, jobs will fall..."
>>
>> "This will limit and reshape the
>>way internet content will be produced and will arrive in
>> australia."
>>
>> "in terms of the censorship, the
>>bill will give the law the power to censor mailing lists,
>> YOUR OWN EMAIL, all web content,
>>newsgroups and, funnily enough, online gaming.
>> I don't know about you, but i
>>consider the potential to have email filters implemented at
>> the ISP level to be an invasion of
>>privacy, comparable to having one of those tv-style
>> 'bleeep's appear out of nowhere if
>>you swore whilst on the phone to a friend..."
>>
>>
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