<div dir="ltr">You say that ISPs are carriers are not liable for the behaviour of their clients, yet it's iiNet who got taken to court and had to defend themselves over what their clients were doing.<div><br></div><div>
By opposing onerous, stupid, short-sighted and grossly unevenly-biased systems with high implementation and administration costs which will need to be paid for by their shareholders, iiNet are doing exactly what you believe they should be doing - as well as making a stand against a piece of legislation that they believe is flawed and ultimately doomed to failure.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Perhaps rather than suing ISPs for the activities of their customers, groups like APRA and the MPAA etc could work out content distribution models that suit their customers, and not their own outdated ideas on how people should consume content. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Then the government would be freed up from wasting its time trying to create pointless, toothless legislation to curb behaviour they don't themselves understand (I nearly sprayed my coffee out my nose this morning when reading a quote from Brandis about closing access to websites used to share copyrighted materials - it's as bad as the website blacklist to stop child porn that was universally condemned - it will be totally and utterly ineffective, and its only achievement will be to increase the cost of operation for ISPs and carriers, and thus increase the bills for their customers).</div>
<div><br></div><div>And hell, if you disagree with what iINet are doing, either don't do what they ask, or if you're a shareholder, feel free to object to the path they're taking at their next shareholder meeting.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 11 June 2014 11:43, Mike Ryan - Brass Razoo Group <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brassrazoo1@gmail.com" target="_blank">brassrazoo1@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="all"><div>By opposing legislation that outlaws criminal activity (intellectual property theft) are iiNet giving a tacit nod to illegal activities? ISP's and carriers are not liable for the behaviour of their clients. iiNet should stick to providing shareholder value and ensuring system availability. </div>
<div>It's called "Rule of Law".</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>
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