[AusNOG] "ISPs agree to graduated warnings for pirates"

[Paul Wilkins]

Reality is, in the digital world where content and intellectual property
are worth trillions, we can't expect Australia to attract investment in
these industries without taking measures that protect intellectual property
rights. For government in it's lumbering bovine way to be nosing around the
china shop in search of a solution is hardly surprising. They want to
protect content industry, IP rights, and jobs.

Of course, making service providers responsible for policing their
customers will be costly and cannot work. Unfortunately, the realpolitik is
that government wants to assuage the content providers and be seen to be
trying to do something/anything, even if it's unworkable and costly. As
with the metadata retention plan, it will just mean traffic patterns
change, and see a huge increase in encrypted/proxied traffic.

It's not clear Government can be made to understand that you cannot
transcend the capabilities of current  technology with legislation. The way
to stop these government initiatives is to create a public dialogue that
emphasises that the policy will be expensive and will not work, and will
cost political capital.

Paul Wilkins
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