Comments on: URL of banned WikiLeaks page published on DBCDE blog

By: Sam D

Sam D — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:33:40 +0000

@Sean: That’s a good question. These links could end up in all sorts of places, and there is no way that ACMA could deem complaints about them as vexatious. Good luck trying to issue a link deletion notice to an overseas hosted site. The potential fallout could range from blacklisting up to full-blown diplomatic incidents.

Every time that I think this can’t get any more stupid and bizarre, it does.

By: Sean the Blogonaut

Sean the Blogonaut — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 09:28:06 +0000

So what will they do if these links were plastered lets say over any site with a comments feature?

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:45:31 +0000

The DBCDE blog page in question has now been changed to a DBCDE log in page.

By: Glenn

Glenn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:20:37 +0000

When that link to that abortion web site was published on the Whirlpool forums, ACMA played detective until they found said link. It is also published on Wikipedia. I am not sure whether ACMA would be determined to blacklist their own Wikipedia entry. I wouldn't be surprised if ACMA finds the Wikileaks link on the DBCDE's website. If that happens, wouldn't it be funny if the authority issued a $11,000-a-day fine to DBCDE. This just proves to you that the blacklist will be leaked. If not on Wikileaks, then somewhere else out there.

By: Just when you thought it couldn’t get any sillier…

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any sillier… — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:51:22 +0000

[...] to make, then of the fact that the URL to the offending page is available to the public via AMCA’s own website? Should ACMA fine itself? Let’s hope. The page on the ACMA website that contains material [...]

By: Eddie

Eddie — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:17:53 +0000

Hilarious!

By: Ben Grubb

Ben Grubb — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:14:09 +0000

There are a lot of comments to moderate, I give them that.

*rolls eyes*