Comments for GeordieGuy.com http://www.geordieguy.com Online Rights, Privacy and Censorship in Australia Fri, 11 May 2012 11:27:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Comment on Shoring Up the Retail Cartel by Gavin http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/05/shoring-up-the-retail-cartel/#comment-746 Gavin Fri, 11 May 2012 11:27:09 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1245#comment-746 Think we need to get the name of the brands agreeing to this cartel's demands. I wonder how many fashionistas will continue to buy their stuff if they know how they've entered into such an agreement. Not to mention once they start to understand how much they are being gouged at the moment. Think we need to get the name of the brands agreeing to this cartel’s demands. I wonder how many fashionistas will continue to buy their stuff if they know how they’ve entered into such an agreement. Not to mention once they start to understand how much they are being gouged at the moment.

]]> Comment on Shoring Up the Retail Cartel by Michael Hanline http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/05/shoring-up-the-retail-cartel/#comment-745 Michael Hanline Fri, 11 May 2012 00:25:52 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1245#comment-745 I saw the same article (in SMH) myself too and thought exactly the same thing. Luckily ACCC have a complaints form and if enough people put one in then maybe (a) they will do something and (b) we will get a proper answer from them http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/54217 I saw the same article (in SMH) myself too and thought exactly the same thing. Luckily ACCC have a complaints form and if enough people put one in then maybe (a) they will do something and (b) we will get a proper answer from them

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/54217

]]> Comment on The Legality of Copyright Infringement by Greg Bromage http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/02/the-legality-of-copyright-infringement/#comment-744 Greg Bromage Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:44:29 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1177#comment-744 :-) Strictly speaking, "illegal" is when you do something which breaks a law. "Unlawful" is when you commit an act which is not permitted by law i.e. where there is no law that says you are allowed to do it. So, it's illegal to steal a car, because the law says you're not allowed to. It's unlawful to drive that car without a licence, because the licence is what permits you to drive it. :-)

Strictly speaking, “illegal” is when you do something which breaks a law. “Unlawful” is when you commit an act which is not permitted by law i.e. where there is no law that says you are allowed to do it.

So, it’s illegal to steal a car, because the law says you’re not allowed to. It’s unlawful to drive that car without a licence, because the licence is what permits you to drive it.

]]> Comment on iiTrial Dismissed by Martin Eddy http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/04/iitrial-dismissed/#comment-742 Martin Eddy Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:33:44 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1234#comment-742 I fear you are correct. I fear you are correct.

]]> Comment on The Anatomy of a Data Leak Snowjob by admin http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/04/the-anatomy-of-a-data-leak-snowjob/#comment-741 admin Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:30:07 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1225#comment-741 Yes. Yes.

]]> Comment on The Anatomy of a Data Leak Snowjob by maxamillion http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/04/the-anatomy-of-a-data-leak-snowjob/#comment-740 maxamillion Fri, 20 Apr 2012 00:29:43 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1225#comment-740 So what happened? Did someone put the info on their web server and a robot picked up the article? So what happened?
Did someone put the info on their web server and a robot picked up the article?

]]> Comment on Free Speech Unless You’re Calorie Dense by Martin Eddy http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/04/free-speech-unless-youre-calorie-dense/#comment-738 Martin Eddy Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:09:33 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1231#comment-738 Sigh. And some people wonder why the greens don't get taken seriously by the majority of Australians. The bill is ridiculous anyway but that clause is a blinding example of why politicians should not try to make laws about things that they have no idea about. Sigh. And some people wonder why the greens don’t get taken seriously by the majority of Australians.
The bill is ridiculous anyway but that clause is a blinding example of why politicians should not try to make laws about things that they have no idea about.

]]> Comment on Not Particularly Exceptional by Ghede http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/03/not-particularly-exceptional/#comment-734 Ghede Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:34:29 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1195#comment-734 I think seeing Unrevealed item 201001752 on that list is the scariest part. I think seeing Unrevealed item 201001752 on that list is the scariest part.

]]> Comment on Troll Journalism by felixmeister http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/02/troll-journalism/#comment-733 felixmeister Fri, 02 Mar 2012 07:01:47 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1183#comment-733 As a response to @geordieguy @Drag0nista @gibbot5000 & @clairerconnelly Late to the party on this but trolling, bullying & mockery are different things. They spring out of different motivations and for different results. Bullying springs from a lack of self assurance & is to make ones self feel better. Trolling springs from a belief that the Net is not serious & treating it as such is silly. This is done by using arguments or comments that by themselves are semi-innocuous but cause some to over-react. Similar to leaving a dirty cloth on the desk of an OCD individual. ie winding someone up. Mockery is a tool used for both of these ends and for others, so is satire, sarcasm, pedantry & facetiousness. Using these does not make one a troll but a troll will most likely use some of them. As a response to @geordieguy @Drag0nista @gibbot5000 & @clairerconnelly
Late to the party on this but trolling, bullying & mockery are different things. They spring out of different motivations and for different results.
Bullying springs from a lack of self assurance & is to make ones self feel better.
Trolling springs from a belief that the Net is not serious & treating it as such is silly. This is done by using arguments or comments that by themselves are semi-innocuous but cause some to over-react. Similar to leaving a dirty cloth on the desk of an OCD individual. ie winding someone up.
Mockery is a tool used for both of these ends and for others, so is satire, sarcasm, pedantry & facetiousness. Using these does not make one a troll but a troll will most likely use some of them.

]]> Comment on Troll Journalism by admin http://www.geordieguy.com/2012/02/troll-journalism/#comment-732 admin Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:24:26 +0000 http://www.geordieguy.com/?p=1183#comment-732 As a researcher I'm sure you agree that a writer has an option of making uncontroversial, whimsical statements which nobody will expect them to defend, or the option of making more surprising assertions that people generally expect to be referenced. The identity of the publisher doesn't really change anything, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Particularly when those extraordinary claims are not necessarily widely understood as extraordinary and the writer runs the risk of entrenching popular misconceptions. With regards to Australia's regulatory space around online policy I'm not really sure I can help you. Without understanding what specific research you do, on what, for whom, I'm not sure what you understand of the how our regulatory frameworks operate compared to how things typically work elsewhere. I'd suggest Irene Graham or Electronic Frontiers Australia (and internationally the various Electronic Frontiers <something> organisations) as a starting point. As a researcher I’m sure you agree that a writer has an option of making uncontroversial, whimsical statements which nobody will expect them to defend, or the option of making more surprising assertions that people generally expect to be referenced. The identity of the publisher doesn’t really change anything, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Particularly when those extraordinary claims are not necessarily widely understood as extraordinary and the writer runs the risk of entrenching popular misconceptions.

With regards to Australia’s regulatory space around online policy I’m not really sure I can help you. Without understanding what specific research you do, on what, for whom, I’m not sure what you understand of the how our regulatory frameworks operate compared to how things typically work elsewhere. I’d suggest Irene Graham or Electronic Frontiers Australia (and internationally the various Electronic Frontiers organisations) as a starting point.

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