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20:45 | 05-11-2014 | Copyright, Jurisprudence, Politics, Privacy | 1 Comment
ну, еще немного про Австралию, там все чудеснее с каждым днем и веселее:
A series of slips by the nation’s top cop followed by communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has made Australia’s data retention bill even more of a potential horror than it seemed when it was introduced last week.
It started with the Australian Federal Police commissioner Andrew Colvin saying that stored telecommunications metadata could be used to go after people who infringe copyright online. That statement, made on October 30, was unequivocal – he used the word “absolutely”.
интересно будет посмотреть, как сможет обычный гражданин тягаться с корпорациями, что станут бомбардировать суды одна за другой с требованиями о доступе к истории ваших интернет-посещений.
бороться, протестовать, вы скажете? да ладно, это же Австралия!
[Т]he Australian state of Victoria passed a controversial law giving police wide-reaching powers over protesters.
Police can now move on, fine or arrest people they believe are ‘causing or likely to cause’ obstructed access to buildings or impeding the movement of people or traffic, or people they anticipate may become violent. Additionally, courts can issue exclusion orders (bans on being in a designated public space for up to 12 months). Breaching a penalty order can result in two years’ imprisonment.
вот уж, право, годы крепостного каторжного права не уходят бесследно.
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