There are lots of jokes that could be made about the Aussies following the Brits, but what’s the point in joking when the subject matter is a clamp down on filesharing? It’s certainly not funny news.
Australia, however, looks set to follow suit in a bid to take on illegal filesharing. With France also on the verge of coming down on filesharing, the Western world looks all set to wage its war on illegal music downloads. That’s great, in theory, but negates the fact that there is a rest of the world out there.
The RIAA is obviously chuffed with this news, as the British and Australian governments debate new laws that could rid their respective countries of filesharing. No word on how they will differentiate between legal and illegal filesharing. No word on if they even know the difference.
As I write this from Thailand, I’d say that Asia is the place to be if you don’t want to be taken for a ride for filesharing. Anyone with me?
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