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Submission + - Government Redacts Anti-Piracy Consultation Paper (delimiter.com.au) 1

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Sunday October 16, 2011 @10:39AM

coolstoryhansel writes: So, you might have heard the Australian Attorney-General was considering the implementation of a streamlined process of getting private information about subscribers from ISPs?

Well perhaps not. The Attorney-General's Department have now apparently redacted that document, removing all mention of the controversial proposal, without telling anyone.

Submission + - Australia to Streamline the Invasion of Privacy (delimiter.com.au)

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Friday October 14, 2011 @06:32AM

coolstoryhansel writes: In response to the lawless prairie (read: the Internet) increasingly making it difficult for people to apparently commercialise their property the Attorney General has proposed changes that streamline the process of identifying people allegedly infringing copyright. The Pirate Party have condemned this as streamlining the invasion of privacy. Perhaps they should first actually try making their content available digitally in Australia before completely disregarding human rights.

Comment Re:Arrr! (Score 1) 183

by coolstoryhansel on Monday October 03, 2011 @07:14PM (#37594512) Attached to: Mass Piracy Lawsuits Come To Australia

Yeah, you could do that or you can join for free and contribute something by advocating for saner laws and stronger civil liberties.

Comment Listen Kim... (Score 1) 11

by coolstoryhansel on Monday October 03, 2011 @04:11AM (#37587838) Attached to: Australia Reviews Tier-Two Software Patents

Exclude software from the patent system. Period.

Submission + - No Records of Secret BitTorrent Meeting (delimiter.com.au)

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Monday October 03, 2011 @03:07AM

coolstoryhansel writes: We thought it was bad when we heard that the Attorney-General was secretly meeting with the copyright lobby and ISPs, excluding political parties and civil society, to discuss a secret BitTorrent agreement. Now we hear that there were no minutes taken at the meeting.

So much for open government?

Comment Arrr! (Score 3, Insightful) 183

by coolstoryhansel on Sunday October 02, 2011 @11:26PM (#37587018) Attached to: Mass Piracy Lawsuits Come To Australia

Join an organisation like the Pirate Party and help advocate for changes in the law. This sort of predatory litigation is only going to get worse because the law enables it.

Submission + - Secret Anti-Piracy Talks in Australia (delimiter.com.au)

Submitted by coolstoryhansel on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @11:42PM

coolstoryhansel writes: Despite ongoing court proceedings an anti-piracy agreement is now on the table as a result of secret talks convened by the Federal Attorney-General between ISPs and the copyright lobby.

"The AG has confirmed talks it is hosting behind closed doors between Internet service providers and the entertainment industry could result in an “agreement” between the two warring sides that would govern how Australians pirating content through platforms such as BitTorrent would be dealt with in future."

"None of the parties involved have been prepared to state what precisely is being discussed at the meetings, although Delimiter has filed a Freedom of Information request with the department, seeking the minutes of the meeting."

The Pirate Party have warned "...there are huge civil liberties and human rights issues in any enforcement framework. The termination, suspension or limitation of access upon allegation or even violation of copyright, in an ill-conceived attempt to prop up failing business models, at the expense of artists and consumers is completely unacceptable."

Submission + - Secrete Messages Encoded in Bacteria (sciencemag.org) 1

Submitted by sciencehabit on Wednesday September 28, 2011 @03:04PM

sciencehabit writes: Researchers have invented a new form of secret messaging using bacteria that make glowing proteins only under certain conditions. In addition to being useful to spies, the new technique could also allow companies to encode secret identifiers into crops, seeds, or other living commodities.

Submission + - Swedish Pirate Party Launches ISP (sydsvenskan.se) 1

Submitted by WillDraven on Tuesday July 20, 2010 @10:36AM

WillDraven writes: Torrentfreak is reporting that The Swedish Pirate Party has launched an ISP. Starting with 100 residents in the housing organization LKF (Swedish) in the city of Lund, Pirate ISP hopes to gain 5% of the market in Lund before spreading to other markets. Headed by longtime Pirate Party member Gustav Nipe, seen giving an English interview about the ISP here, the company aims to provide internet service with the sort of guarantees one would expect from the Pirate Party. Most notable of these are the promises to keep no logs of subscriber activity and provide no data to law enforcement or private corporations. The original Swedish report on Sydsvenskan can be found here.

Submission + - Pirate Party to host The Pirate Bay in parliament (piratpartiet.se) 1

Submitted by m94mni on Friday July 02, 2010 @05:55AM

m94mni writes: The Swedish Pirate Party has announced today that they will host The Pirate Bay from inside the Swedish parliament, should they gain enough votes (4%) in the elections on September 19. The party plans to take advantage of parliamentary immunity to protect information freedom from being abused be the entertainment industry.

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