[AusNOG] (Meta)data retention...

[Peter Lawler]

On 26/03/15 09:07, Mark Newton wrote:

> Political parties solidify like concrete around proposals that are specific, but remain malleable and open to argument and influence while the idea is still being developed. If you wait until a proposal stops changing, you don't get to change it yourself.
> 

Pretty much this.

And with the site blocking stuff starting off next week[1], the time to
contact the ALP about it is now (if one feels strongly enough) as they
have not announced a position on it (at the time of me writing this,
anyway).

The only hope now against Data Retention pretty much rests with courts
looking at overseas precedents. I can't recall precisely, but I seem to
believe that metadata access to the filter claimants will be available
at AG's whim. Every operator is about to need a DMCA type bod in their
org, and probably not just ISPs.

P.

[1]
http://www.zdnet.com/article/australian-govt-to-introduce-piracy-filter-legislation-next-week/