It’s embarrassing. On the face of it copyright owners get extra protection and a simple route to having content removed from the Internet they claim is in use without their permission.
The suspect is assumed guilty until proven innocent. Its easy to report a copyright infringment and after just three the suspects website is removed or the offending WiFi switched off, there is no method to prove innocence. The copyright owner is judge, jury and executioner.
So if you own a coffee shop WiFi or website your competitors or any malicious individual could potentially ruin your business. And all this legislation is designed to protect the fat cats in the media industry who’ve been losing their milk to common sense.
This is an act written by the Lobby. How much did they have to stuff in the coffers of our non-expenses driven leaders to get this through?
See for yourself on the new government Your Freedom website.
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