piracy
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Gizmodo’s Weekly Australian Internet Update
Here’s where we round up all the Aussie news around the ‘net about the ‘net, every week. Check in here for a quick primer on everything from piracy to privacy, data retention and what’s happening with the NBN.
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Why Australia’s Site Blocking Law Sucks
Site blocking legislation designed to crack down on Aussie pirates passed through the Senate last night without a hitch. That’s a problem, because the whole idea of blocking sites to stop piracy is a shitty one from the word go. Here’s why.
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder: Australia’s Site Blocking Laws Won’t Stop Piracy
Peter Sunde is the co-founder of The Pirate Bay, which means he knows a thing or two about piracy. So when he says that Australia’s site blocking proposal designed to cut down on online piracy won’t work, it’s worth listening to.
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Academic Publishing Giant Fights To Keep Science Paywalled
One of the world’s largest academic publishing companies wants to scrub the internet of pirated science. That would be Elsevier, which recently filed a complaint at a New York district court against Library Genesis and SciHub.org, two massive online hubs for scientific research articles.