Dear Kevin Rudd …
p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Incredible though it may seem, the Australian government seems bound and determined to use taxpayer money in an enterprise to spy on taxpayers on behalf of the Korporate Kopyright Kartels who, of course, are not taxpaying citizens of Australia.
“In the Australian Federal Government’s latest assault on the internet,” writes srjh on Slashdot, “”draft legislation has been released that allows network operators to intercept communications to ensure that their networks are being ‘appropriately used‘,” continuing »»»
Such legislation is particularly important given the interference of Communications Minister Stephen Conroy in a recent copyright lawsuit against iiNet, one of the largest ISPs in the country. Conroy called prominent filtering opponent iiNet’s inaction over copyright infringement ’stunning,’ whereas iiNet claimed that it would be illegal under current Australian law to intercept its users’ downloads. While this latest legislation appears to be a concession of that point, the government is said to be watching the case closely and along with attempts to introduce a three-strikes law in Australia, it appears the law will be changed if the government dislikes the outcome of the case.
The internet villain of the year just continues to earn his title.
In July, “Conroy was awarded the sobriquet Internet Villain of the Year at the 11th annual Internet Industry Awards, ‘beating a world class field of those the industry love to hate!’ – as GetUp phrased it,” said p2pnet.
Andrew is an 18-year-old Australian p2pnet reader who’s normally a man of few words —- of very few words. So when he comes out with something that’s more than two sentences long, and says, “I am not a fan of the Governments idiotic Web filter, and I want it dropped,” you know he’s serious.
You also know he’s not alone.
He goes on »»»
I am not a fan of the Governments idiotic Web filter, and I want it dropped
The longer it is believed to be going ahead the more the Australian Government will be made an example of. First it was the Australian Film & Classification Board website, then blocking educational websites, but allowing adult websites. Tomorrow it will be an MP’s email posted to the Net, exposing what a sham and a obvious waste of Taxpayer money this is!
Ive told all my friends to change their DNS servers, So their ISPs DNS Servers have no control over their DNS requests (the computers/Servers that change website.com into 1.1.1.1.1) if you dont know what DNS is, GOOGLE IT!
Australia needs Better Data Protection, and Privacy Laws. (Norway is an Excellent example, they have a data retention rate(deletion of personal information of websurfers e.g. IP addresses, their cookies(login info), personal data(submitted via form)) of 30 days/1 month)
Australia needs to promote more Open Source Software (which are constantly updated) for, eg,(Non profite US foundation)Mozillas Firefox, (Open Source and world’s most trusted/used Search engine) Google’s Chrome, or (from the home of Norway and is also Constantly updated) Opera and not use the Insecure, flawed Internet Explorer (unlike, IE, which is updated once every couple of years or updates are sent out every couple months).
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Are you serious, Andrew? 
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All Australian ISPs need to promote the above Browsers, Promote Anti-Spam tools, and Promote Encryption Services(512bits, 1024bits, right through to 10,000bits — No more 128bit SSL crap) so All Australians Internet access can be secured.
I am a University Student and I love the Internet. Don’t put this filtering crap on, because I won’t have it! I will encrypt my surfing and I will tell all my friends to change their ISP and DNS Servers if I have too
I would have voted for Rudd on the basis he said he would build faster Internet, but you can’t build ‘World-class broadband’ if it is going to be slowed by 86-92%
The Australian Government should of also promote BitTorrent to effectively distribute digital material or information/booklets and setup their own tracker, and post torrents to their Governmental websites, and setup tracker with address: http://tracker.kevinruddpm.gov.au/announce
and I loveeeeeeeeeeee Porn, and boobies ^___^ and the SuicideGirls. So if you’re reading this Mr.Rudd, I know you can save the Internets, LOLcats, Failblog, Youtubes, Trollers, and Posers ’cause you use Twitter yourself!
From Melbourne, Save the Internet K.RUDD!! or I’ll come to Canberra and Tell you what I think, Mate! lol
(And the State of Victoria is better than Sydney and Queensland Nerrrrrrrrr lol <3<3 )
Now you know, Mr Rudd.
Stay tuned.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Slashdot – Australian ISPs Soon To Become Copyright Cops, August 14, 2009
p2pnet – Australian anti-P2P plan, July 15, 2009
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