NoCleanFeed slogans

If you've been living under a rock, you might not know about the upcoming #nocleanfeed protests planned for December 13th.

Basically; the Labor government wants to provide a mandatory filter of Australia's internet to prevent child porn and other 'unwanted' content.

I'm against it because it is a technically unworkable solution to a problem I don't have. You can learn more at the GetUp petition, or NoCleanFeed.com.

The protests

Adelaide
12 Noon @ Parliament House

Brisbane
11am @ Brisbane Square

Melbourne
12 Noon @ State Library

Sydney
11am @ Town Hall

Hobart
11am @ Parliament Lawns

Perth
12 Noon @ Stirling Gardens

The slogans

I'm in need of more signs.

Here's some starter ideas.

"For an anti-porn filter...
... this is gonna fuck us!"

"GET /public-support?
HTTP 403: Forbidden"

"Accidentally the whole internetz?
This protest is what that means!"

"What's wrong Conroy?
Afraid to answer our questions in the Senate?"

"Clive Hamilton - LOLWUT?"

"Clive Hamilton will damage our children,
by controlling their future"

"Clive Hamilton is a philosopher;
His ideas are not designed to be practical!"

"Won't somebody think of the children!"

"Net Filters are like windows,
they don't stop criminals with purpose"

"Sen. Conroy, slow down!
You are dodging our questions too fast!"

"My Labor Government Penpal just wont write back"

"Hey, can I opt-out from Sen Conroy's rhetoric?
Oh, not that either then..."

"Conroy says:
NetAlert: wasted taxpayer's money!
CleanFeed: a winner!
HUH?"

"The only positive part of CleanFeed
will be the false positives!"

"If it doesn't work in trials,
just ignore the results! WIN!"

Possible posters

Marc Andressen on Barack Obama

Here's Marc on on Barack Obama, and he's actually met the guy.

The "Free" Trade Agreement

I think the Free Trade Agreement recently entering into force between the US and Australia is having some very, very worrysome effects.

First off this week, I got an email from the democrats, asking about open source copyright licences. I (and probably everyone else on their open source advocacy list) pointed them to Creative Common's Australia specific No Derivatives, Attribution licences.

This was explained as something that had to be cleared up so that no official party statement could be modified, must be attributed, and is free to use for educational and general purpose use.

Secondly, I saw an article via Slashdot. It's about a bid by Sony to monopolize the industry with circumvention device laws - outlawing mod chips. It's argued that Sony is interfering with fair use and locking out competitors to their gaming platform, the Playstation.

What's next?

State Supply (Procurement of Software) Amendment Act 2003

The Hon. Ian Gilfillan now has my utmost support. I'm sorry, Ms. Ellis, you're a hottie but I no longer love you.

In '03 he pissed off Microsoft Lobbyists with the State Supply (Procurement of Software) Amendment Act 2003. I don't know if it acutally passed, but he's angry again (hurray!) about a related issue.

He's also a a database guru it would seem. Now I can finally say this is a South Australian political blog!