Lex Larter, Constitutional lawyer.
Originally aired on ABC TV: 23/04/2015 — via Youtube
Australian Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has barely even finished introducing piracy site-blocking legislation into the parliament, and already the Helen Lovejoys of the world are trying to get it expanded into a much larger internet censorship scheme.
The legislation introduced into parliament in March would allow film studios, TV companies, and other copyright holders to apply to the court to get specific sites hosted outside of Australia and alleged to be primarily for the purpose of copyright infringement blocked by Australian internet service providers (ISPs).
The court will ideally examine the sites involved, and ensure that they meet all the conditions before ordering a block, though this is not guaranteed at this point.
If the ISPs are ordered to block a site, they can do so in a number of ways — through DNS, IP address blocking, or URL blocking. The exact method, too, has yet to be determined.
Turnbull has stressed that because the court must approve sites being blocked, it is not an internet filter.
It will be a court, not the government, that will determine which sites are blocked. Moreover, this is not an automatic process, but determined by a court with all of the normal protections of legal due process. In other words, a judge will make the decision, after hearing evidence and argument, not an algorithm in the software operating a router,
he said.
The lack of an automated process of filtering types of sites means it is not a filter, according to the minister.
Others seem to disagree, however.
Far be it for me to allow the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) to define the meaning of anything ever, but it has described the scheme as an internet piracy filter
and called on the government to look at implementing a default clean feed to protect children
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Do you or someone you know love chameleons and lizards? Have one as a pet? Then this is a must-have for your cabinet drawers! Fully 3-dimensional, this striped chameleon is accurately reproduced from nature and is painstakingly hand carved and cast in genuine pewter. An unusual and beautiful piece of hardware sure to last — via Etsy
The world’s smartest Octopus shoot humans, an octopus taking photos with the Sony Cyber-shot TX30 — via Youtube
ok.
i was doing some tv stuff at universal and i found myself wandering around with some time to kill and lo and behold i was in ye olde timey western land. and that’s architecture, isn’t it?
it is. and specifically southern californian architecture, as i don’t know if other cities have plywood ghost towns in their midst(s).
so, plywood ghost towns. and a plywood mexican village. to be fair, there’s plaster, too. plywood and plaster.
it’s like a grad student thesis on architectural semiotics and the folly of follies.
i hope you get a chance to wander around plywood ghost towns some day.
it’s odd — via moby
Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma) and Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus haemastoma) originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Three Lion cubs born at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo on 28 February had their first veterinary visit this week, and all were pronounced healthy and strong — via ZooBorns
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The larger the ring size the longer the two shooter tentacles will be. Ruby eyes. Sterling silver — via Etsy
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce the birth of twin African Pygmy Goat kids. The kids, one male and one female, were born, 10 March, to the Zoo’s African Pygmy Goat pair, Lex
and Lois
— via ZooBorns
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The man promoting the Government’s Intergenerational Report, ABC science commentator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki, has backed away from the document, describing it as flawed
.
Released every five years, the report provides a snapshot of how the nation might look in 40 years, covering everything from population size and life expectancy to public spending and the size of future budget deficits.
Dr Kruszelnicki appears in a number of advertisements promoting the report on television and radio, in newspapers and on social media, but he is now criticising the report’s reduced focus on climate change.
I did it on the grounds that it would be not for any political party but for the Government of Australia as a non-political, bipartisan, independent report,
he told the ABC’s AM program.
He said he was only able to read parts of the report before he agreed to the ads as the rest was under embargo.
Despite assurances otherwise, Dr Kruszelnicki now believes he put his name and reputation to a report that is highly political and which largely ignores the impact of climate change — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This ring depicts the epic encounter of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), and the giant squid (several species in the genus Architeuthis), as they grapple in the abyss. This primal encounter between indomitable Leviathan, and the mysterious Kraken has long stirred our collective imaginations, and now you can wear it on your hand — via Etsy
A scientific notebook compiled by World War Two codebreaker Alan Turing has sold for $1m in New York.
It is one of very few manuscripts from the head of the team that cracked the Germans’ Enigma code.
The handwritten notes, dating from 1942 when he worked at Bletchley Park, were entrusted to mathematician Robin Gandy after Turing’s death.
The notebook was sold at Bonhams for $1,025,000 (£700,850) to an unnamed buyer — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Each Bag is hand screen printed, so each bag is a little bit different — via Etsy
Purdah also applies to civil servants, who basically can’t do anything public for weeks. All the government departments’ Twitter and Facebook accounts will be going very quiet… — via Youtube
Cotswold Wildlife Park celebrated an incredible milestone, recently. First-time mother, Ruby
, gave birth to the Park’s first male White Rhino. The comparatively tiny calf is healthy and nursing well from Ruby, who is proving to be an exceptional mother — via ZooBorns
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