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Here's the text of the bill (under Schedule 1): http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr5446_aspasse
by flashman 11y ago
Here's the text of the bill (under Schedule 1): http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr5446_aspassed%2F0000%22;rec=0 http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w...
Basically "the primary purpose of the online location [must be] to infringe, or to facilitate the infringement of, copyright," which gets around things like "we only host torrent magnet links" while shielding search engines, general discussion forums, and the like.
It's a reasonably well-drafted law (by the standards of such things) and relies on the judiciary (which is more than it sounds like considering our immigration minister, a former drug cop, wants extra-judicial power to remove citizenship), but falls down on technical merit.