Government set to look at new piracy legislation with emphasis on ISPs
Maiden
The Federal Government is expected to act quickly on internet piracy laws as the Cabinet is set to review a two-pronged legislative proposal as early as this week.
Andrew Maiden, CEO of ASTRA, the industry body for subscription TV, said reports in Fairfax Media claiming the Cabinet will consider two proposals as early as this week are likely to be true. However,he said it is more likely they will come up next week after budget matters have been heard.
Media bosses have previously backed calls for tougher legislation, after Australia was again confirmed as one of the worst spots for piracy in the world. Read more of our piracy coverage here.
A typical government approach to attacking the symptom not the cause.
Blocking sites like Pirate Bay will be easily circumvented by proxy sites and users will be able to mask their downloading activity by using services such as TOR, or even simple VPNs.
What we need is the NBN so that it is technologically viable for cost effective streaming services to operate in Australia so that Australia’s can legally pay for their content as it is available in other territories.