Despite being demonstrably futile, the Government will be pursuing both a notification scheme and court-ordered website blockades to tackle online copyright infringement. The Pirate Party opposes both as neither will reduce infringement in Australia and do not address the more pressing issues of accessibility and affordability, instead targeting normal human behaviour. “This proposal is effectively the beginning of an Australian version of the failed US Stop Online Piracy Act. Notification schemes, graduated response schemes and website blocking do not work. They are costly, ineffective and disproportionate, as evidenced by academia and decisions of foreign courts. Fighting the Internet itself as opposed to solving the lack of convenient and affordable access does not work, nor does propping up business models that rely upon the control of content consumption in the digital environment,” commented Brendan Molloy, President of the Pirate Party. pirateparty.org.au/2014/12/10/pirate-party-denounces-attempt-to-introduce-beginning-of-australian-sopa-style-regime/
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:30:59 +0000
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