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Leaked: Australian Government Plan To Deal With Piracy
Attorney General George Brandis has been banging his head against his desk for months now trying to figure out how to stop pirates stealing content in Australia. Thanks to a leak of the government’s upcoming discussion paper on the topic, we now know what the AG plans on introducing.
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Australian Pirate Party To Fight Anti-Piracy Site Blocking Plan
Australia’s Pirate Party is all about freedom on the internet, so needless to say, they’re pretty upset that Attorney-General George Brandis is considering blocking sites as part of his plan to stem piracy in Australia. So much so that it’s gearing up to present a formal petition against it in Parliament.
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Google: Australian Piracy Is An Availability And Pricing Problem
Can I get an ‘amen’?! Google Australia’s head of public policy, Iarla Flynn, is your new hero: in a letter penned to Malcolm Turnbull on behalf of Google Australia about the state of Australian media, Flynn says that Australia has a piracy problem. A problem which can be solved by taking a look at the…
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Massive Government-Led Australian Piracy Crackdown On The Way
The Government hates piracy, and Attorney-General George Brandis is the man in Canberra who wants it gone from our shores. And from the looks of things, he’ll throw just about every weapon he has at the problem until it goes away, including three-strikes programs for those caught downloading content and a requirement for ISPs to…