EDITOR'S NOTE

Good morning,

Proposed changes to the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act are intended to help network operators "undertake activities to protect their networks", according to the Attorney-General.

But electronic civil rights experts see them as an excuse to put ISPs in charge of policing copyright. You be the judge.

And while you're at it, pass judgement on us by filling in the 2009 iTnews Readership Survey and you'll go into the draw to win $500!

-- Ry Crozier

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