Australian ISPs Still Rejects Idea of Becoming Copyright Police

[Jorge]

Trying for force ISPs into becoming copyright police seems to be a hot trend for the copyright industry these days. Then again, ISPs rarely are willing to go for the idea of solving another industries problem and Australia is no exception.

There's a report from ABC Australia which highlights an ongoing issue in Australia where anti-piracy outfits and the copyright industry are trying to get ISPs to become copyright police. The Australian ISPs aren't budging on their firm "no" response.

This time, the calls to get ISPs to become copyright police comes from Australian anti-piracy outfit AFACT (Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft) Australians may know these demands have been going on for some time now, but the circumstances internationally have changed.

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[Signa]

i should move to australia. Not only would every one speak with a kick-ass accent, but they seem to be taking all the good ideas from america, and actually following through with them. we are so bass-ackwards in america.

[Drew Wilson]

Well, on the other hand, when the American corporations pressured Australia to implement draconian copyright law, they basically, in the words of an Australian, rolled.

This, of course, was quite a while ago and the details of that are sketchy to me now, but that's what I also remembered. Nice to see that Australia won't "roll" on every technologically bad idea that comes wafting their direction though. :)