Comments on: Copyright laws http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog/2009/01/18/copyright-laws/ an extension of www.ozwebhub.com Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:19:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Liam Alexander http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog/2009/01/18/copyright-laws/#comment-342 Liam Alexander Sun, 18 Jan 2009 11:47:04 +0000 http://www.ozwebhub.com/blog/?p=326#comment-342 I've heard about the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act. Just like the Australian government's proposed internet censorship plans, I doubt it will be very effective. Because of the way torrent sites work, I doubt they'll be able to identify individuals as the file sharing is dispersed among multiple users. The government seems to have a very poor understanding of the web as a medium. Personally, I think the responsibility should lie with content providers; if they put content on the web, the onus should be on them to protect it, else they should make it freely available. If the government is reading this; I never download anything illegally, scouts honour. Liam Alexanders last blog post..<a href="http://www.liamalexander.com/blog/?p=460" rel="nofollow">Top tweeple to follow on twitter</a> I’ve heard about the Copyright Amendment (Digital Agenda) Act. Just like the Australian government’s proposed internet censorship plans, I doubt it will be very effective. Because of the way torrent sites work, I doubt they’ll be able to identify individuals as the file sharing is dispersed among multiple users. The government seems to have a very poor understanding of the web as a medium. Personally, I think the responsibility should lie with content providers; if they put content on the web, the onus should be on them to protect it, else they should make it freely available.

If the government is reading this; I never download anything illegally, scouts honour.

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