[AusNOG] So are iiNet condoning illegal piracy?

[John Lindsay]

I got the last liberal AG to say that he thought this would be a great use of "retained metadata" during a Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security at which Steve Dalby and I laid out the likely costs to an ISP like iiNet of retaining that data. You can find this in Hansard if you have any interest.

Don't forget kids, metadata is data. It's your click-stream. It's IP addresses, it's URLs, with timestamps.

Why give away all your privacy just because a low value industry from the USA demands it?  Is turning Australia into more of a police state than the USA a price you're willing to pay for ensuring a few movie studios who can't be bothered selling their content to you in Australia can make you wait until they're good and ready?

Why are we so willing to allow this level of surveillance in Australia?

Why are we so willing to pay for it?

It isn't happening the USA.

Copyright is a civil law, not a criminal law.

The only reason the studios are trying to do it is because if you lose a civil legal case you have to pay the defendant's legal bill.

In the USA copyright trolls can sue grandmothers into craters, lose the case and walk away scot free.

Cheers, 

John Lindsay

> On 11 Jun 2014, at 12:52 pm, Skeeve Stevens <skeeve+ausnog at eintellegonetworks.com> wrote:
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> Yes... and Telstra and other carriers should be monitoring the content of your phone calls for illegal or threatening content, and censoring you on the fly... just in case!
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> ...Skeeve
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>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Greg Anderson <ganderson at raywhite.com> wrote:
>> So really what should be happening here, is network operators should be identifying the illegal use of networking processes.  Then, by identifying the users address, they can contact the power companies who are providing the power to a user who is using that power for illegal download activities and illegally share the users address with them.  The power companies then should send someone out to site to cut this illegal use of electricity, upon which they confer with the network operator to ensure the illegal downloads have stopped, job done.
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>> Or better yet, the power companies can monitor their power network and identify the minuscule voltage changes resulting from packet transmission, read the packet for illegal activity, and then shut down the power themselves upon breach.
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>> Problem solvered.
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>>> On 11 June 2014 12:17, Tom Berryman <tom at connectivityit.com.au> wrote:
>>> Do power companies get prosecuted when people use their power for illegal drug producing operations? Or more specifically power retailers. Nope.
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>>> Personally I would say illegal drug production and distribution is more dangerous to society than Hollywood piracy.
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>>> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 11 June 2014 12:11 PM
>>> To: mike at brassrazoo.net.au
>>> Cc: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] So are iiNet condoning illegal piracy?
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>>> Mike,
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>>> That is a big of an arrogant and near-sighted perspective on the issue.  We're not talking about what is and isn't legal.  We're talking about ISPs becoming the police and being responsible for what people do on their networks.
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>>> We do not blame drunk drivers on the RTA/RMS/Vic Roads/etc? Nor do we blame the local government for a mugging or other violent crime that happens on the streets.
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>>> Police, law enforcement and prosecution of offences already have their processes. ISPs should not be monitoring what users do, or acting on anything from anywhere other than legal avenues.
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>>> ...Skeeve
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>>> 
>>> Skeeve Stevens - eintellego Networks Pty Ltd
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>>> On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 11:43 AM, Mike Ryan - Brass Razoo Group <brassrazoo1 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> 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. 
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>>> It's called "Rule of Law".
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