Internet Filter Given Green Light in Australia.

[_Chaz_]

Isn't Australia supposed to be one of the most lenient nations of the world?

 

[playallday]

We may also want to keep our eyes on Canada, I may have accidentally said something to him to...

Yeah, it's getting worse here too. Before you know it I won't be able to come here.

 

[.Darky]

Say goodbye to 4chan, Australia.

 

[Guild McCommunist]

I know all of you are those "DOWN WITH THE GOVERNMENT WE NEED OUR RIGHTS HEAR MY VOICE!" type of people, but this is for the better. Of course, when they go on blocking things left and right, which seems to be the avenue this parade of a law is going down.

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

Most of this crap they're blocking is stuff that should be blocked. They didn't say piracy yet so why are we freaking out?

And if you're really so stupid as to think "OH ANY SITE THAT HAS THE WORDS "CHILD PORNOGRAPHY" ON IT WILL BE BLACKLISTED!" then a "derp derp derp" to you. GBAtemp won't be blocked simply because we chat about piracy. GBAtemp doesn't allow illegal content and has a very strict code of decency and to obey the law. We're just as much of a game discussion forum as the forums at Gamespot or 1,000 other gaming discussion sites.

And most regular porno, for those of you who fap your flap out, won't be blocked. Pornography is completely legal and it's anyone's right to watch it, as long as it obeys the laws. Most "regular" porno does. Just don't expect as much S&M porno around, 'kay?

And if you're really so desperately lonely that you use fucking 4chan, then you don't even deserve an internet.

Yeah, the Australian government has been a bunch of douchebags, but if they keep this policy as it is without going against piracy, it's a good policy.

What Hop brought up about "Legislation will be introduced into Parliament next year which will require all ISPs to block material which has been refused classification in other countries" and how it may relate to illegal (but not terrible like child porn) acts like piracy, just think. There's going to be an internet provider in Australia who could just benefit from this business by saying "Hey, we won't block any sites that aren't required!" If ISPs start blocking sites left and right, people will drop from their service. Also, pirates, ever think of using a game rental service like GameFly (if they have it in the land down under). Yeah, God forbid you have to pay for your piracy, but you also won't use up your bandwidth. Rent a game, rip it, burn it to a disc/copy to a HDD, send the game back. You may not get many foreign games, though, and that's probably the problem.

 

[outgum]

What people are trying to say guild, i think, is that this is laying down the FOUNDATION for them to possibily get carried away

 

[zeromac]

Ultrasurf or proxy

 

[playallday]

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

+1

 

[mrfatso]

hmm, but u know.. what if some spambot posted their p0rn crap on gbatemp and one Australian accidentally clicked on it.

What then? Will that person complain lead to gbatemp being block in Australia?

 

[Panzer Tacticer]

You guys are too focused on the target of the filtering, and forgetting it is the technology you need to fear.

Sure, let them block child porn, I am all for that. BUT the technology if it works, can be used to then target any category they wish to target.

Make no mistake people, you say we don't host files and that makes us 'legit'. Piratebay and Mininove didn't host files either.
This site is all about how to steal fucking games and YOU know it.

I have always said, forget the laws, just cut off the supply and the problem is solved. If they filter GBATemp out, this site dies.

If I was Nintendo, I'd be looking at this tech really closely. If I was Nintendo, I'd be filtering us out immediately too.

Glad to be here, not dumb enough to think any of us are innocent here.

 

[Cermage]

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

hope you seriously dont believe its going to just child and violent pornography, article states its going to be blocking criminal content, which does include piracy, also states its going to be blocking sites that show people how to take drugs, its not going to be long before sites that show people how to pirate are going to be filtered either. Child & Violent pornography are just used widely in the article to try and get people to agree with the filtering.

 

[fgghjjkll]

5 bucks that internet speed will be greatly decreased...

 

[purplesludge]

http://torrentfreak.com/torrent-sites-end-...acklist-090319/

For those who think it will be only negative things blocked.

 

[referencer]

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

You are a fool if you think these are the only things they'll block. (Also, "violent pornography" is perfectly legal and there's arguably nothing wrong with it.) You may want to reread the quote in the OP where they also say "detailed information about how to use drugs or commit crimes" will be blocked. Guess what the backup loader section of GBAtemp is?

 

[mrfatso]

For those who don wish to read that link on torrentfreak, some snippets from that link.

...What bothers people more are the significant number of sites on the list that don’t seemed to be linked to this type of abuse. In addition to religious sites (both pro and anti), various Wikipedia pages, euthanasia sites and a travel agent, a dentist’s website even made the list. ...

...The worry remains that without overview and without those that maintain these blacklists being held to account, many other legal sites could have their domains blocked too. It’s just a shame that the only way people can find out if they are blocked is if individuals leak these lists for all to see – then of course the lists become a magnet for those drawn to illegal, sickening content. It really is a double-edged sword. ...

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

You are a fool if you think these are the only things they'll block. (Also, "violent pornography" is perfectly legal and there's arguably nothing wrong with it.) You may want to reread the quote in the OP where they also say "detailed information about how to use drugs or commit crimes" will be blocked. Guess what the backup loader section of GBAtemp is?

it sounds like this mean any talk of flashcart/modding/roms/iso/backup stuff = illegal even though its in a gray area... i doubt that they will care.

 

[Cermage]

it sounds like this mean any talk of flashcart/modding/roms/iso/backup stuff = illegal even though its in a gray area... i doubt that they will care.

Homebrew/modding is legal in australia, some dude won the court case against sony with ps1 chipping awhile ago. though roms/iso's and backups are plainly illegal.

 

[shakirmoledina]

one website (twitter) is against it
they say this is just one obvious thing to be blocked but more "things" could be blocked

 

[DeltaBurnt]

The internet is one of the last places where you can truley say or do whatever the fuck you want.

If anything it brings down actual, physical, crime because you can instead just cuss out some 4chan fag.

 

[redact]

This would include sites containing child sex abuse, bestiality, sexual violence or detailed information about how to use drugs or commit crimes.

i needs mah gbatemp fix! D:
k-rudd will die if he takes it from me :'

 

[Guild McCommunist]

It says it will block essentially child pornography and violent pornography (quickie note, that's a great System of a Down song

). If anyone here watches any of those I'll make sure to personally punch you through my computer screen.

You are a fool if you think these are the only things they'll block. (Also, "violent pornography" is perfectly legal and there's arguably nothing wrong with it.) You may want to reread the quote in the OP where they also say "detailed information about how to use drugs or commit crimes" will be blocked. Guess what the backup loader section of GBAtemp is?

Yeah, that "detailed information" isn't just a site that has the words "child pornography" or whatever in it, it's sites that explicitly tell you how to do this and that. For example, I remember on the news a while ago there was some sick fuck who made a website that posted on where to find cute children in the Los Angeles area. It didn't give child porn at all, but it said you can find cute, small children at carnivals, parks, etc. It was disturbing. Something like this in Australia would block these kinds of sites. It would also mean blocking sites on where to find drugs, how to make drugs, and encouraging people to commit crimes.

By crimes they couldn't give two shits about piracy over other crimes. Pirates always seem to think they're on-the-run and in danger because the government is after them. In fact, it's an afterthought of the government. Would you want to stop some little 14 year old kid from pirating a copy of Super Mario Galaxy or stop some sick fuck whose wanking his crank to underage children?

And at least show some respect and don't call me a fool. I give some common respect and etiquette when I'm arguing, at least.

 

[8BitWalugi]

Piracy is technically criminal content. Fuck.

Wait, I posted before reading Guild's post, made me laugh and hope that Piracy won't be blocked. 1/2 my internet time is used on Piracy!

Oh and one more thing, did anyone notice this wasn't considered very much in the Howard government? Where's The Chaser when you need them! If only they were on call like the EBA's or the Ouendans!

This is one of the many reasons why I'd want to live in the States (mainly being game releases)! You guy's get games MONTHS earlier then us! And sometimes, we don't get them at all! (EarthBound hint hint)

I hope for the best! Fucking laws... The old cunts at the OFLC censoring L4D2 and now this!