This is nothing more than an internet filter, of the sort which the Coalition proudly opposed when it was proposed by the Rudd and Gillard governments, he said. There is no reason to believe that this will reduce copyright infringement in any material way. Australian Greens senator Scott Ludlam also said it was a filter. The Greens will not support amendments to the Copyright Act to allow rights holders to apply for a court order requiring ISPs to block access to a website, Senator Ludlam said. Such a move would be a de-facto internet filter and would allow rights holders to unilaterally require websites to be blocked. This kind of internet filter would not be effective at all, due to the widespread availability of basic VPN software to evade it. Mr Turnbull acknowledged this but said not many people used VPNs.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 03:27:46 +0000
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