2009 – A ZeroPaid Year In Review – Part 3 of 3
We wrap things up with the last third of 2009. Part one. Part 2.
September
September started off with the continuation of the Jammie Thomas trial where Thomas appealed her $80,000 fine. Amongst other arguments, the fine seemed to be arbitrarily selected.
After a ThePirateBay Mixtape of all the songs Joel Tenenbaum was fined for, an [...]
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 2 of 3
We continue with our 2009 year in review with part two of our three part review. Part one of three.
May
May started off with several stories pretty much happening at the exact same time. One of those stories was the increase in support for municipal broadband by major tech companies. Project Greenlight, the [...]
2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3
2008 was an interesting year in file-sharing and 2009 didn’t necessarily disappoint. There was plenty of ways to look at it, but there is one way one can look at the year – eventful. ZeroPaid reviews 2009.
January
2009 kicked things off with a bang with the ever ongoing Australian plan to filter the internet. [...]
Parody of Conroy’s Controversial Australian Filtering Plan Surfaces
While the idea behind filtering the internet is no laughing matter, that doesn’t stop satirists from making fun of the situation. A word of warning though, it’s not advisable to be consuming anything while reading this hilarious piece.
While the Australian government has been pushing for mandatory filtering of the internet, many have been criticizing [...]
Australian Law Proposal to Turn ISPs Into Copyright Cops
There’s a disturbing new development in Australia. A law proposal was disclosed to the public that would get ISPs to spy on the contents of all communications to monitor for compliance. Presumably, the amendments would get Australian ISPs to monitor their networks for p2p activity and hand all their information to copyright holders.
If [...]
Aussie ISP Wants to Ban P2P Traffic on Off-Peak Hours
When it comes to Australian ISP stories, Australia isn’t exactly void of a number of horror stories. Things like particularly low monthly bandwidth caps and only being able to download during certain hours of the day to name a couple comes to mind. Now, one Australian ISP wants to further push out all [...]
Aussie ISPs: “Net Filtering Doesn’t Slow Connection Speeds”
Majority of participants in govt’s blacklist trial report that customers experienced minimal speed disruptions.
Australia’s Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Stephen Conroy is certainly happy these days with news that his plans for a “voluntary mandatory” Net filtering plan has had a minimal effect on the connection speeds of a majority of [...]
Aussie Govt to Filter Online Video Games
Downloadable games, flash-based games, and sites that sell physical copies of games with rating greater than MA15+ (suitable for 15yos) would be blocked, even for adults.
Australia’s ridiculous plan to censor the Internet gets more ridiculous by the day.
It all started as a voluntary effort to “protect children,” but quickly spiraled into an all out [...]
Masthead Editorials Critical of Canadian Surveillance Legislation
There’s a pair of editorials found in two major news outlets in Canada that are critical of the new surveillance legislation the Conservative government of Canada tables in parliament. Both seem to agree that the potential for abuse exists with the new “tools” that would be granted to police. We look at a [...]
Aussie Christian Group Demands Mandatory Porn Filtering
Angry govt seemingly backpedaling from its plan to force ISPs to block porn and other content deemed “inappropriate” for kids.
The Australian Christian Lobby is angry over recent testimony by Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy in which he seemed to signal that the govt is backpedaling from plans for mandatory Internet filtering in the country.
They want [...]
