Currently in Australia there is a media monopoly (Rupert Murdoch & Co) and it's very easy for the government to brainwash the population.

They'll do it any cost. Guess who'll be implementing the filtering and will be in charge of what goes on the "list" – the Australian Federal Police. They will be logging user's online behavior etc apart of restricting access to sites they find a threat.

Bravo Australia you are leading the way to fascism. The lucky country – what a joke.

Good work Australia.

Will we learn from history and will we heed the advice of those who witnessed or even experienced such atrocities? It appears we will not, and by ignoring these points we damn ourselves as well as our children to lives of slave labor at best, or at worst horrific suffering and premature death.

It is my hope that millions begin to awaken from their privileged slumbers, even as a large portion of the globe starves to death for no reason other than to increase the profits of a few U.S. and British corporations. I say, if there is a 'god' or higher consciousness, may it help us all. We're in a lot of trouble.

That ego is getting pretty bruised isn't it

You lose again donkey, try dropping free off your name hahahahahaha

Say hi to satan & don't forget to do that special thing he likes.

the only things this tells me is you have a sub-high school education.

the word is "you're".

With Stephen Harper and the Conservatives in power here in Canada, I fear that we'll be seeing this here soon. That, and the new copyright law and that stupid bill that was supposed to make unlocking your GSM cell phone illegal.

Ahh government. You never cease to amaze me.

Suck that big scaly pecker…SUCK IT!

I saw almost the exect same post a wile back about adblocking, how its anti industry/commerce, when the fact is most ppl wouldnt block adds if they wherent so damn annoing, we already pay to have internet why should we have to deal with annoing flash/shock adds when doing it?

I pirat stuff, Not gonna say i dont, but fact is when i pirat stuff Its normaly because i REFUSE to buy it thanks to limmitations like EA games where i can only install the game 3-5 times b4 i get the fun of BEGGING EA to let me have "one more please" (utter bullshit!!!!!)

these copyright laws need to be revised to keep up with the times and socity, content makers can still make BANK selling their wares be it moveis, music, games/programs or whatever It is a FALICY that these companys are being killed by piracy If you make a ggood product and price it so that people can afford it IT WILL SELL, looks at sins of a solar empire, NO DRM, avalable on damn neer any torrent/ed2k site, yet its sold MILLONS of copys, infact many "pirats" have bought it same with Oblivion, hell i know ppl that HATE the game who bought it because it was DRM free and they waned to support that!!!!

It is not that one cannot have a different opinion without being paid; rather, it is that one cannot have an opinion which is clearly false, which only someone out of their mind would have – without being paid. The fact is that you clearly have no case for your position, and it would make no sense for anyone to posit such a position for so long without being paid.

By the way, discussion, or "whining" as you call it, is not fruitless, since the exchange of ideas between people is very important.

Either way it doesn’t matter, because I think that Mr Conroy should shove his filters up his arse.

Offshore VPN FTW

In fact, you have not pointed out how any of my arguments have contained any of the aforementioned logical fallacies. The fact that copyright is essentially a control on what people are allowed to think remains a fact: that it prohibits people from replicating or transferring ideas or thoughts, either in a CD, hard drive, or other media, or in one's own mind – for example, by memorizing a song and performing it, which is prohibited by copyright – which essentially goes against freedom of expression and freedom of thought.

Its always the case, morons get elected into office because they can convince other morons they are the best, but the ones who can actually make a change… cant play the political dirty games required or get eaten up by the slime already there.

Take care my Aussie pals, we know how you are feeling, we have a dumb bitch in office here as well (Beatrice Ask)..

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The government was supposed to start TRIALLING it around now, and that was WITHOUT the inclusion of internet customers!. It was supposed t be an internal trial with the participating ISPs.

Where are you getting your facts from Torrentfreak? I used to read your articles with the hope that you knew what you were talking about but with this and a few recent articles, I'm beginning to think you are just listening to hearsay.

Pick up your game.