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  From: Tim Ansell <ansell@chariot.net.au>
  To  : Linux User Group <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 17:53:43 +0930

Re: Opinions of Net Law (My last post on the matter...I promise)

Has anyone used vnc before, it works surprisingly well over a modem connection,
even to the USA....

All a USA company needs to do i make a VNC server then everything is in the
USA...
There is nothing in AUS that comes through in any blockable format (either none
or all)...

You can use this to look up porn...

There is NO way to block porn, the more you block it the more you make it
grow... Thats the way most things work...

And has anyone seen what teenagers can do with computers? They usually more
compensate then adults, which means that children will still get past the
blocking anyway while the adults will be stuck....

Tim

Robert Wuttke wrote:

> Alternative 1)
>     Let parents handle this by watching kids when they are on the net.
> Simple. Full Stop. The Govt is doing way way too much interferring in what a
> parent can or can't do. They should sit back, realise that they as parents,
> probably make the same mistakes, or worse because they aren't at home much,
> but in Canberra and thus aren't really active in parenting anway, so how can
> they make such judgement calls anyway ???
>
> Alternative 2) Polliecide. This word should be added to the dictionary.
>
> Rob.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Callan <dcallan@dataline.net.au>
> To: linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
> Date: Thursday, 27 May 1999 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: Opinions of Net Law (My last post on the matter...I promise)
>
> >At 16:33 27/05/99 +0930, Glen wrote:
> >>Remember this bill is divided into two parts.  Take-down messages which
> will
> >>remove innpropriate content, and also a requirement on ISP's to use
> filtering
> >>technology etc... to keep their users safe.
> >>
> >>It's like asking Australia Post to read your mail first to check there's
> >nothing
> >>naughty written there....
> >>
> >
> >Thankyou!
> >That's precisely the point I'm trying/failing to make ;-)
> >
> >Whilst my contra-suggestions may well be rubbish, my main point
> >is that the solution they've gone with is UTTERLY IMPRACTICAL
> >and is not going to positively affect anything. You'll just
> >have sex-site owners playing the 'musical webserver and IP/hostname'
> >game and the ISPs constantly screwing with their lists to keep up.
> >
> >It's silly, it's resource-crushing and it won't work, period.
> >Someone else can suggest an alternative now though??? :-)
> >
> >Cheers,
> >-Daniel
> >
> >PS: I'm not sprouting anything new here so I'll take any further
> >debates on this (subthread) off-list.
> >
> >         Daniel Callan
> >        System Engineer/
> >       Senior Programmer
> >
> >     hostmaster@dataline.net.au
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> >
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