End of the Internet... starting: WEBSITE LINKING ILLEGAL IN AUSTRALIA

December 28, 2006

WEBSITE LINKING ILLEGAL IN AUSTRALIA http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=97197

Is It Now Illegal To Link To Other Websites? Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Wednesday, December 20, 2006 A landmark legal ruling in Sydney goes further than ever before in setting the trap door for the destruction of the Internet as we know it and the end of alternative news websites and blogs by creating the precedent that simply linking to other websites is breach of copyright and piracy. Following our report last month that an RIAA legal argument would, if the case was eventually won, criminalize simply making files available on the Internet, many readers scoffed at the serious implications of the case. Such a precedent would change the entire face of the Internet because "making files available" is so loosely defined it could criminalize simply placing links on ones website or blog to other websites. Some accused us of yellow journalism and scaremongering yet the warning that the Elektra vs. Barker case could criminalize the very mechanism that characterizes the Internet was not concocted by Alex Jones or Paul Joseph Watson, it was a statement made by the very lawyer fighting the case, Ray Beckerman. ---SNIP--- The last outpost of freedom of speech, the world wide web, is in the crosshairs of corporate lobbyists and big government control freaks, who are putting the finishing touches on the pincer attack plan that will put paid to the greatest technological revolution of the latter 20th century. http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/december2006/201206illegaltolink.htm

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COPYRIGHT TOOL WILL SCAN WEB FOR VIOLATIONS http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/forum.cgi?read=97198 Posted By: Spiritual_Piglet <Send E-Mail>Monday, 25 December 2006, 7:03 p.m. In Response WEBSITE LINKING ILLEGAL IN AUSTRALIA (Spiritual_Piglet)

found on surfingtheapocalypse. COPYRIGHT TOOL WILL SCAN WEB FOR VIOLATIONS Posted By: Curious Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 7:00 a.m. To deal with the mounting copyright issues swirling around video and other content online, a start-up founded by some respected Silicon Valley executives is taking a novel approach: combing the entire Web for unauthorized uses. Privately held Attributor Corp. of Redwood City, Calif., has begun testing a system to scan the billions of pages on the Web for clients' audio, video, images and text -- potentially making it easier for owners to request that Web sites take content down or provide payment for its use. The start-up, which was founded last year and has been in "stealth" mode, is emerging into the public eye today, at a time when some media and entertainment companies' frustration with difficulties identifying infringing uses of their content online is increasing. The problem has intensified with the proliferation and increasing usage of sites such as Google Inc.'s YouTube, which lets consumers post video clips. *SNIP*

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