blog.searchenginewatch.com — AFP reports that Google has warned Australia that if they pass certain law that will make it easy for site owners and copyright owners to take "legal action against search engines for caching and archiving," it can set the country back to "the pre-Internet era."
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alex_wNov 8, 2006
Atleast then they'd learn what a stupid idea it was int he first place.
ddukNov 8, 2006
He obviously come from the 'pre-internet age' himself, so let's let him go back to his cave and rant to himself.
springahNov 8, 2006
I feel that pain brother.. I really do :/
darthmdhNov 9, 2006
It's nothing to do with John Howard. Idiotic ideas like this are drafted by the public service - the ministers can only present what their so-called experts advise them on. The problem is that most IT-related areas in federal government are filled with people who are there because they want glory or they think computers are nifty. Most of the clued people are far too busy solving the problems these morons cause to actually get close to influencing policies.The actual IT policy of the Liberal Party is here: <a class="user" href="http://www.liberal.org.au/2004_policy/Sept19_Information_Technology_final.pdf">http://www.liberal.org.au/2004_policy/Sept19_Information_Technology_final.pdf</a>Policies are generally broad views on the kind of direction that should be set; anything specific is generally the result of an APS interpretation of the policy or the result of lobbying by an interest group.In a nutshell, if you think this law is a stupid idea call your federal representative or write them a letter and calmly and intelligently lay out your case to them. They actually have an obligation to listen to you and considering their lives generlaly revolve around debate perhaps you can be the one who influences them in the right direction.
Closed AccountNov 9, 2006
Google should launch a pre-emptive strike on this pissy little (in pop.) country.
stuntaneousNov 9, 2006
dirt of a thread. the unaustralians commenting and the way our country's referred to as if we all had a say. it was a few politicans and its merely proposed law, not even passed.
chompyNov 9, 2006
"This coming from someone who (I assume) came from a country that passed laws allowing ISP's to control which websites get the most bandwidth based on how much they're paid."A. We have passed no such law, we have simply failed to pass (so far) a law prohibiting it. B. It's not like I voted for these jackasses, much like I imagine you didn't vote for the idiots running things in your neck of the woods.