I've donated some money to this campaign. It's strange: I thought the liberals would have backed off of this in the light of the budget response. But no, it appears that its full steam ahead on this issue as well :(
Martin On 30 May 2014 16:42, Ben M <[email protected]> wrote: > It's not quite the TPP/FTA scale, but it's the internet, it's piracy, > it's the vibe. > Surprised to see Choice getting involved. > > > -------- Original (cruft removed) Message -------- > Yesterday, reports that the federal government is looking at so-called > graduated response policies were confirmed. These policies will make > the internet slower and more expensive, and there's no evidence that > they will have any impact on the problem they are trying to address, > internet piracy. > > Rather than increasing access to content, the government wants to > penalise all consumers in order to protect the profits of American > copyright holders. > > http://click.email.choice.com.au/?qs=b85453dd728ea6866654e252fc8c17cfd2435243841c7adb91ce369284141091 > Help CHOICE fund an ad to run in the national media that tells the > government not to force costly policies onto consumers and ISPs > without addressing the root causes of internet piracy. > > http://click.email.choice.com.au/?qs=b85453dd728ea6866654e252fc8c17cfd2435243841c7adb91ce369284141091 > Donate now! > > The government has never asked > consumers what they think of these laws. It's time we tell them. > > So much is being considered in secret. Here's what we know: > > - The Attorney-General's Department has confirmed that it is > considering establishing a graduated response scheme as one possible > anti-piracy policy in Australia. > - These policies will make internet access more expensive for > all users - not just people illegally downloading content. > - These policies will make the internet slower for everyone because > your ISP (internet service provider) has to enforce clunky regulations. > - These policies won't stop piracy. The most effective measure > to stop piracy is giving consumers timely and affordable access to the content > they want.By > http://click.email.choice.com.au/?qs=b85453dd728ea6866654e252fc8c17cfd2435243841c7adb91ce369284141091 > donating just $10 , you will > help us place an ad in the national media to tell the government that this is > a > #piracyfail. > > Best wishes, > Angela Cartwright > Campaigns Manager > > P.S For more information > http://click.email.choice.com.au/?qs=b85453dd728ea686b0c67ccbba7dbe9389dc3f6064902ac574b3a1c9a2ed2c55 > check out the CHOICE website . > _______________________________________________ > Free-software-melb mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb > > > Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/ -- ================================================================= Martin Paulo, BSc. Software Developer Tel : +61-3-9434 2508 (Home) Tel : 04 205 20339 (Mobile) Site: http://www.thepaulofamily.net "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded" - Yogi Berra. _______________________________________________ Free-software-melb mailing list [email protected] http://lists.softwarefreedom.com.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/free-software-melb Free Software Melbourne home page: http://www.freesoftware.asn.au/melb/
