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Re: [FYI] Australien: mandatory client-side filtering.
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- Subject: Re: [FYI] Australien: mandatory client-side filtering.
- From: Holger Veit <Holger.Veit@gmd.de>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1999 10:22:27 +0200
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- In-Reply-To: <19990903091535.A6799@sobolev.rhein.de>; from Thomas Roessler on Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:15:36AM +0200
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On Fri, Sep 03, 1999 at 09:15:36AM +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
> http://technology.news.com.au/news/4276366.htm
>
> Users pay for censorship in ISP code
> By SIMON HAYES
>
> 31aug99
>
> A NEW code of conduct for Internet service providers was unveiled
> yesterday, forcing customers to pay for their own censorship.
>
> The code, written by the Internet Industry Association (IIA),
> does not require ISPs to block inappropriate content at the
> server end.
>
> Instead, it supports client-side filters and the use of Net-nanny
> style software for users.
>
> IIA executive director Peter Coroneos predicted the software
> would cost only $5 per customer when bulk discounts were applied.
[...]
> The code, launched in the aftermath of Federal Government
> legislation to control the Internet, requires ISPs to obtain from
> users a guarantee they are using client-side filtering.
>
> Those without a filter must be provided with appropriate
> software, with the cost passed on to the customer by the ISP.
>
Der Gedanke, dass der, der Filter haben will, dafuer ruhig ordent-
lich zur Ader gelassen werden soll *), ist an sich nicht schlecht,
wenn es nicht wie hier eine Zwangsmassnahme gegen den User waere.
So ist dies staatliche Zensur, und damit diskussionlos abzulehnen.
Holger
*) weil man den Meinungsterroristen, die anderen eigene Auffassungen
darueber aufzwingen wollen, was man sehen oder lesen soll, anders
als ueber den Geldbeutel nicht beikommen kann, IMHO.
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