<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The function of industry associations is to speak to government on behalf of industry to ensure the laws that regulators enforce and courts arbitrate on are workable and fair. </div><div><br></div><div>You all had your chance to keep a 20 year old established respected association alive. </div><div><br></div><div>Now you're getting the law you deserve for letting it die. <br><br>The pain as it is enforced and arbitrated will be a lesson for all. <br><br><div>John Lindsay</div></div><div><br>On 18 Nov 2014, at 2:46 pm, Jacob Gardiner <<a href="mailto:jacob@jacobgardiner.com">jacob@jacobgardiner.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><style>body{font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px}</style><div id="bloop_customfont" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px; color: rgba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;">With all do respect, do you really think that a community based internet society (of sorts) should be deciding at all who is allowed to undertake business within Australia, regardless of industry? That’s the job of the government and legal system. </div></div></blockquote></body></html>