Hear about this on Friday’s Buzz Out Loud.  Interesting story.  I realise this is cyberbullying, but reading Judith Griggs response, I almost want to join in.  I’ve had my copyright material stolen off the web myself, and this attitude of “the web is public domain” just burns me.

On top of that, how else will Monica Gaudio get justice?  Look, I know Gaudio isn’t doing this – the 4chan crowd is in it for the LOLz.  But as others have pointed out, the legal costs for chasing a copyright case are prohibitively expensive.  If it weren’t for the 4chan crowd, Griggs would never have had her “pound of flesh” exacted from her.

Will Ms. Griggs and Crook Source, er  Cook Source learn?  I doubt it.

(Here’s another article about the story: The Cook Source Scandal: How a magazine profits on theft.)

Must read editorial on the failure that will be the Great Firewall of China.

Make no mistake, this will be another Labor Bungle.  Although it won’t cause the loss of life the Insulation Affair did, it’s going to cost us far more money is lost productivity and lost opportunity, even before the program costs, which will be huger than huge.

If you think the Global Economy will not be Internet driven (if it isn’t already) in the future, then you’re living in a dream world.  A country without Internet tomorrow will be as competitive as a country without roads was yesterday.  And here’s Kevin Rudd and the crew erecting 10kph speed limit signs.

And to what end?

This will do nothing to combat Child Pornography.

Not one thing.

It’ll be as effective at fighting child porn as throwing out all your silverware, except it sounds more related.

This is ridiculous; a video game, based on a movie that was not banned in Australia, will be banned in Australia.  Honestly, someone tell this Michael Atkinson to pull his head out of his ass, please?

Update: Net filtering trial delay ‘another Govt bungle’.

Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has written to critics saying that the so-called “live” trials would be “a closed network test and will not involve actual customers”

Huh?

A “live” trial – on a closed network without actual customers.

So, what’s this supposed to prove?

How dumb is Senator Conroy?  Is he really this dumb?  Or this maniuplative?  A live trial, by definition, is done with actual customers. This trial will prove nothing.  It’s a repeat of the June trials.

It’s now a total complete  waste of time and money.