p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “Jon – Senator Conroy. How much do you think he’s worth? $700?”

The question is asked by Comeoncomcast in a Reader’s Write.

“Someone tried to sell him on eBay,” he adds. “lol”

No kidding.

Lol

The lamescream media won’t be reporting it, but you can bet one of the closed-doors discussions at the  at the G20 summit focused on the unsatisfactory response from citizens in the US, UK and France to failing efforts by the Big 4 music labels to Shanghai ISPs as corporate music industry copyright enforcers — funded, of course, by local taxpayers.

Australia – a leading offender – has been getting non-stop flack on the subject with Minister for Online Censorship Stephen Conroy relieving prime minister Kevin Rudd of much of the heat.

Whether or not the country’s Labour party  will manage to actually get this version of the Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s sue ‘em all strategy enforced is still an open question.

Meanwhile, Australians let Conroy know what they think of him and the scheme by trying to auction him off on eBay.

The successful bidder would, “receive the senator by FedEx, says APC, going on:

“Conroy has been publicly ridiculed in recent days for his ISP-based internet filtering plan, with television appearances on ABC’s Q&A and SBS Insight chat shows drawing incredulous laughter from the audience at many of his answers.”

Bidding apparently reached $10,500 before eBay closed the auction down.

“The seller, Krudd53, noted that no reasonable offer would be refused,” adds the story.

failing efforts – Comcast, AT&T say No! to RIAA 3-strikes plan, March 26, 2009
APC – Conroy up for sale on eBay, April 2, 2009

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