"primary effect test"
So... is Google in trouble now ?
Because the primary reason I use Google is to search for torrents....
It looks like Australia's proposed expansion to piracy-blocking will become law, with the opposition Labor party deciding to support the bill. Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus announced the Australian Labor party's support for the bill in the country's parliament yesterday, saying: “When last in government and over the …
Labor has been working to support sensible changes to our copyright laws to ensure that they remain fit for purpose in protecting our creative industries and our artists.”
I thought the main traffic on piracy was (illogically*) the popular material - which due to high demand generally carried much lower costs.
Or is Australian content more popular than I realise
* And not obscure material publishers don't think it's worth their while relicensing for distribution.
Does that mean that the Labor Party is trying to dissociate itself from its roots among the working people?
Or maybe they are trying to promote a cuddly image by making people think their name is a contraction of Labrador. New slogan: Cute as a puppy but without the RADical bit.
It's a historical thing. When Labor (the party) was founded in Australia, the US was seen as a beacon of progress and social democratic values (as opposed to frumpy, conservative old Britain). The American spelling was adopted as shiny and modern accordingly (1912). Well that worked out just dandy, didn't it?
Jolly well tell them not to do it so there won't be naughty pirating any more !
So what about VPN's and Tor. they can be used to visit countries where laws do not block pirates.
If the intent is there then they will use the means to access pirated product.
If the product was sold at reasonable price and not gouged with different prices for different countries around the world, save for exchange rates, there would be less of a motivation to access pirated software.
@ Obesrver1
Do you realize that tor and VPNs gives our rapidly enlarging spook organizations target practice to support whatever dictatorship eventually gets elected ? Using any of these already makes you a target for federal coppers and spooks already. Quoting a spook official.
So now you know why the current legislation will enable them to demand all encryption keys, passwords, user ID, computers, backup devices and tell them all. For our own good. That this enables any officially sanctioned hate target to be persecuted for the national or global good is irrelevant.
How long before the political party in power finds a way to use this to block access to the opposition's website? Or better yet, How long before hackers workout a way to use the governing party's website to host infringing material... with a name like liberal wouldn't you expect them to be accepting...