Australian Gov't Considering Filtering BitTorrent

[Guest]

Federal Government in Australia has extended its scope in the controversial internet censorship scheme to cover BitTorrent traffic

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[Tindytim]

There are so many sites on this issue, this is rather old news.

That said, Australian government sources have commented that there could be an overall slowdown for internet usage up to 80%.

You can find more information here:
http/nocleanfeed.com/

And the whole idea of outruling torrents is retarded. Just because someone uses a tool for illegal purposes doesn't make the tool bad, it makes the people using it bad. I used a torrent to download Ubuntu 8.10.

 

[pocketdrummer]

It is such a violation of personal freedoms to censor citizens use of the internet. I can't see why people aren't fighting this harder...

 

[WheelsOfConfusion]

Stopping child pornography and other non-consensual exploitation = very yes.

Going even a step beyond that sort of mandate = very no.

 

[gm0n3y]

This is somewhat similar to US ISPs limiting bandwidth for torrent traffic. At least we can still access the content I guess, but how useful is it at such low speeds...

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]pocketdrummer[/nom]It is such a violation of personal freedoms to censor citizens use of the internet. I can't see why people aren't fighting this harder...[/citation]

It says adult content. The Australian government plans to filter the Internet in the whole country, so that it's appropriate for children of an indeterminate age. It's complete bull, and a serious blow to free speech. And they will end up hitting a lot of innocent sites in the process.

http/nocleanfeed.com/

GO TO THAT SITE!!!

 

[Guest]

Complete and utter rubbish again from the labour government. Us aussies are going to go back to the dark ages

 

[fulle]

lol, what's your favorite Open Proxy or VPN service Aussies?

Another case of an IDIOT government official trying to make decisions concerning technology they don't understand.

 

[randomizer]

The whole idea is a total waste of money. The ISPs don't want it, the consumers don't want it, the non-government political parties don't know what's going on and only the government actually pushes for it. Anyone bent on accessing "inappropriate" material can simply do as fulle mentioned; a simple VPN service is sufficient to bypass any content filter the government could think of. And guess who was the first to make sure we know that? The ISPs.

 

[ravenware]

In democratic
societies, freedom of speech is the corner stone of basic human rights.

Jules: Good. Looks like me an Vincent caught you boys at breakfast. Sorry about that. Whatcha havin'?

Brett: Hamburgers.

Jules: Hamburgers! The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. What kind of hamburgers?

 

[malveaux]

Australia is becoming more and more like China with this kind of crap.

Keep your communism ways.

 

[cyber_jockey]

This is a waste of money. Anyone that knows how to download torrents can log on to a open proxy besides theres new proxies created everyday no point try to block them to.

 

[randomizer]

[citation][nom]malveaux[/nom]Keep your communism ways.[/citation]
The worst part is if it is successful, it will set a dangerous precedent, and other countries may follow suit.

I wish the Australia public weren't so blind to the fact that this is nothing to do with protecting the children of "working families", but it is a control mechanism for the government. Too bad that once it is in place, anyone who protests online will be blacklisted for being "inappropriate".

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]malveaux[/nom]Keep your communism ways.[/citation]
This is fascism. It just so happens most communist countries are fascist as well as communist. Communism can be Democratic, and keep many rights (like free speech).

 

[roadrunner197069]

Torrents suck anyhow. To slow for me. Goodbye torrents hello news groups.

.nzbs anyone? Sure you got to pay for a news server but the speed is so much faster, it is worth it.

www.nzbmatrix.com

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]roadrunner197069[/nom]Torrents suck anyhow. To slow for me.[/citation]
Maybe if you use Torrents for illegal material. But all the legit torrents I've used have been extremely fast. I got 1.3MBps downloading Ubuntu 8.10.

 

[roadrunner197069]

Good for you.

Torrents in general are slow as hell.

I download 2MBps on news groups on a crappy connection.

There are a few torrent sites that require membership that are good, but the only fast ones I have seen come from the membership sites, and these sites require you to upload as much as you download. Who wants to waste all their time uploading, not my cup of tea. The up loaders are the guys that get sued more often then not.

 

[randomizer]

I get 15-50kB/s on the majority of torrents, occasionally up to 120kB/s for a short while. Do you really think I can afford to have my internet filtered?

 

[Tindytim]

[citation][nom]roadrunner197069[/nom]Torrents in general are slow as hell.[/citation]
Torrents for illegal material are slow as hell in general.

I use torrents for plenty of free/open source material, and I get well into the 100's.

 

[roadrunner197069]

100s are slow as hell.