[AusNOG] "Telcos back internet piracy crackdown"

[Mark Walkom]

We should probably force people to use the White and Yellow pages too,
imagen the positive economic impact that'd have!


(That's not a shot at you Jacob, just at the logic they use to get that
hand-wavey figure.)

Regards,
Mark Walkom

Infrastructure Engineer
Campaign Monitor
email: markw at campaignmonitor.com
web: www.campaignmonitor.com


On 31 August 2014 12:42, Jacob Bisby <ausnog at jdmnet.com.au> wrote:

> While the article itself does seem contrary to positions - I can definitely
> understand how it would (indirectly) have an effect on a large amount of
> people, maybe not necessarily 900,000 but still:
>
> Direct VR Employees
> Freight Contracts
> Distributors
> Retail Outlets
>
> Just to name a few areas...
>
> - Jacob Bisby
>
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> ZZZ
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>
> http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/telcos-back-interne
> t-piracy-crackdown-20140830-10a8i9.html
>
> "The country's biggest telecommunications companies are willing to block
> their customers from accessing overseas websites hosting pirated movies and
> music despite concerns harmless sites could also get caught by the filter.
> Telstra, Optus, iiNet, Vodafone and other internet service providers are
> also ready to negotiate a scheme that would punish internet users who have
> received three warnings to stop downloading content illicitly."
>
> Anybody got a link to the submissions? It seems fairly contrary to past
> positions some SPs have stated, and reads more like what Village Roadshow
> would accept as a compromise position.
>
> It also sounds to me like a bit of FUD from Village Roadshow that 900 000
> people's livelihoods are impacted. That's more people than those who work
> in
> most industries in Australia. Chicken Little much?
>
>
> http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamenta
> ry_Library/FlagPost/2014/February/Employment-by-industry-2012-13
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