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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by imron on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @04:48AM (#9770405)
Unfortunately, this wasn't just Tony's fault. Labor backed the bill also.

sigh why is it only the Greens and Independents who are willing to stand up for what's right.

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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by Joakal on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:47AM (#9770923)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_censorship_in_austral...

Look at the history, collectively, it got Labor/Liberal support from Federal and State governments as far back as 1995.

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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by Jedd on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @09:19AM (#9771324)
Conveniently there are no laws (currently) that compel people to support or vote only for either of the two big parties.

A subtle point that seems to be lost on most of my fellow citizens. Mind, it seems to be a regrettably common misconception elsewhere in the world too.

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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by vacri on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @05:22AM (#9770507)
The greens aren't really interested in this issue; it just panders to their inner-city elite demographic. Also, I wouldn't clump the independents together - the PUP or the DLP aren't usually up for what's right.
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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by prawn on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @07:07AM (#9770800)
Scott Ludlam is always genuinely interested in issues like this. Renai LeMay shut down Delimiter to join his staff, showing Ludlam values our sector IMO.
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Re:Users Betrayed as Australia Adopts a Copyright Censorship... by vacri on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @08:07PM (#9775238)
Ludlam is (I saw him panel at a sec conf once), but the Greens in general don't. It's not a very important plank to them - check out their site, and you can find it hidden away somewhere in one corner, behind everything else.
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