Re: Blinded by Smoke: The Hidden Agenda of the Online Services Bill 1999

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From: Mark Newton
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:00

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Dale Clapperton wrote:

> It would have to be taken to court, and proven that the "guessing engines"
> are in fact blocking constitutionally protected free speech, and by their
> very nature they will continue to block protected free speech, and the court
> would have to rule that use of "guessing engines" is unconstitutional, and
> THEN the ABA would have to stop mandating the use of "guessing engines".

... and I'll forecast the ABA's defence right here:  "The High Court
established that Australians have a limited right to freedom of speech.
It has not, however, established that Australians have a right to read
freely.  If the Government wishes to restrict what Australians can 
read in a way which doesn't impact on the ability of Australians to 
speak, then it can do so."

That's an argument which would nicely avoid the precedent the High
Court has already set and force them to consider the whole question of
our liberties all over again.  And I'm not entirely confident that
we'd like the outcome from that little guessing game.

   - mark

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From: Mark Newton <newton@internode.com.au>
Subject: Re: Blinded by Smoke: The Hidden Agenda of the Online Services Bill 1999
Date: 1999/06/30
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