Australian Bureau of Statistics Doesn't Like Direct Downloads of Census Data 136
Bismillah writes "The ABS has released the census data for the country under a Creative Commons license, but instead of making it easy to get, they've put in Javascript to obfuscate file paths and more. All commented in the source code of course."
At first glance, it's an attempt to get people to pay $250 for a DVD with the data instead.
Bit torrent (Score:5, Insightful)
Sounds like an excellent use for Bit Torrent? I assume someone will download the whole dataset and make a torrent out of it before long....
Re:Bit torrent (Score:5, Insightful)
Careful there, we still remember what happened to the last guy who tried to make public data public...
Re:Government is here to help (Score:4, Insightful)
And we all know all forms of central planning always fail at everything. That's why centrally planned, hierarchical organisations like religions, corporations and military forces have never been successful at anything.
Re:Link to torrent (Score:4, Insightful)