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Moving to the UK in September. Wish I could say this was a motivating factor (experience is the real reason), but I'm scared about what I might return home to at some future point.

Maybe I should list every book I own or have read as part of my packing, and send it to Senator Conroy et al, as a preemptive move against those needing to be recorded as well.

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Perhaps, someone should start a "technology" party.

I can't believe how crazy the Australian federal government has gotten. I could never vote for this ass-backwards internet and technology policy.

> Perhaps, someone should start a "technology" party.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_Party_Australia

I don't think the name 'Pirate Party' will work in Australia. They won't get any support (financial or otherwise) from any credible organisations. From what I've seen people are turning to the Greens as anti-filtering party.

We're still waiting to see what the Liberals are going to do. At the moment they're maintaining strategic ambiguity on the issue, which means somebody needs to get out there and start convincing them there's more votes in opposing it than supporting it.

Not the same thing. I support and make technology. I think piracy is disgusting.

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