Frank O'Connor wrote:
> Mmmm. 'Promoting a breach of copyright' is such a nebulous term,
> especially in view of the area which it covers. And if they really
> were talking about doing so by linking to other sites, then half the
> sites in the country would be up for 'promoting' same. If I linked a
> page to the Age or CNN I could be nailed.
Yeah, and what about linking to something like
http://danny.oz.au/free-software/advocacy/against_IP.html
? But I guess it'll work like The Art of Shoplifting - - advocating
MP3 downloads will be illegal, but advocating the complete abolition of
intellectual property will be ok.
> They presently tend to shoot from the mouth and make retractions
> later. Tricky Dicky and his lads have distinguished themselves of
> late with faux pas of a magnitude which would be unbelievable in a
> private industry context, and which reveal a depth of ignorance of
> the realties of networking and technology that is astonishing.
The amazing thing is the way they stick their noses into everything,
if only to claim credit. From all the press releases they put out and
the media coverage, the entity in the street probably thinks they're
doing a wonderful job. Puh!
Danny.
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