AlexisS

from above, "and there was never any suggestion that the Australian Government would seek to block political content" Freedom of speech is not just allowing political content. Freedom of speech is allowing all possible forms of expression that do not lead directly or indirectly to the harm of another person or people. P2P file transfers is used legitimately for distribution of "free" software like linux that otherwise the produces of the software could not afford to distribute at their expense. Just because criminals use crowbars to break into houses does not mean we should stop the distribution and sale of crowbars to regular customers the same applies to P2P. Good luck trying to stop P2P though because in my 10+ years in Computer Science I can't see how it can be done unless every piece of information being sent over the internet is known to the government computers.