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                Date: 2001-07-14
                 
                 
                AU: Cybercrime wird Gesetz
                
                 
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      q/depesche  01.7.14./1 
 
AU: Cybercrime wird Gesetz 
 
Wieder einmal wird die australische Regierung ihrem Ruf gerecht,   
ezessive und überbreite Online-Gesetze einzubringen, schreibt  
Greg Taylor von Electronic Frontiers Australia. Diesmal sind es die  
Cybercrime-Entwürfe, die auf euro/amerikanischen Mist gewachsen  
sind.  Armes Australien, das du begannst als europäische  
Sträflingskolonie. 
 
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Greg Taylor <gtaylor@gil.com.au>  via cyber-rights- 
UK@mail.cyber-rights.org Date sent: 	Sat, 14 Jul 2001 21:47:42  
+1000 
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The Australian government seems intent on maintaining its  
reputation for implementing excessive and overbroad online laws.   
Its latest effort is Cybercrime Bill 2001, which implements the  
substantive law provisions of Articles 2-6 of the CoE Convention,  
and the search and seizure provisions of Article 19.  (The  
implementation of the more invasive law enforcement provisions of  
the CoE Convention is also under consideration by a Parliamentary  
Committee). 
 
The resemblance of provisions in the Bill to the CoE Convention is  
no mere coincidence.  The Bill implements section 4.2 of the  
Model Criminal Code (MCC) which was released in January 2001.   
The MCC report states that its recommendations are based on the  
draft CoE Convention (as at December 2000).  They've even  
included the ridiculous "possession of data with intent" provision of  
Article 6.1.b. 
 
A Senate Committee is currently conducting a routine legislative  
scrutiny inquiry into the Bill.  The Committee will no doubt be  
swamped with supportive submissions from law enforcement  
agencies.  EFA and other groups are doing as much as possible to  
promote opposition to the Bill.  If anyone is in a position to lodge a  
submission with the inquiry (however brief), this would support our  
campaign. 
 
More info at: Senate Legal and Constitutional Legislation  
Committee Inquiry into the Provisions of the Cybercrime Bill 2001.  
 
http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/cybercrimebill01/cybercrime.htm  
 
I've included some additional information below.  Note particularly  
the law enforcement provision, which implements CoE Article 19.4  
(requiring release of encryption keys or decryption of data, contrary  
to the privilege of self-incrimination). 
 
 
Greg Taylor Electronic Frontiers Australia www.efa.org.au 
 
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Australian Model Criminal Code. (Refer Chapter 4 - Damage and  
Computer Offences - Report.  January 2001)  
http://www.law.gov.au/publications/Model_Criminal_Code/index.htm
                   
 
The offences covered (implemented in the Bill as s.477.1 to 478.4  
of the Criminal Code Act) are: - Unauthorised access, modification  
or impairment to commit a serious offence - Unauthorised  
modification of data to cause impairment - Unauthorised  
impairment of electronic communications. - Possession of data  
with intent to commit computer offence (described as "akin to the  
more familiar offences of 'going equipped for stealing' or possession  
of an offensive weapon"). - Supply of data with intent to commit a  
computer offence - Unauthorised access to restricted data. -  
Unauthorised impairment of data held in a computer disk, credit  
card, etc. 
 
Law Enforcement provision of the Bill (implemented as an  
amendment to Crimes Act) s.3LA Person with knowledge of a  
computer or a computer system to assist access etc. (1) The  
executing officer may apply to a magistrate for an order requiring a  
specified person to provide any information or assistance that is  
reasonable and necessary to allow the officer to do one or more of  
the following: (a) access data held in, or accessible from, a  
computer that is on warrant premises; (b) copy the data to a data  
storage device; (c) convert the data into documentary form. (2) The  
magistrate may grant the order if the magistrate is satisfied that:  
(a) there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that evidential  
material is held in, or is accessible from, the computer, and (b) the  
specified person is: (i) reasonably suspected of having committed  
the offence stated in the relevant warrant; or (ii) the owner or lessee  
of the computer; or (iii) an employee of the owner or lessee of the  
computer; and (c) the specified person has knowledge of: (i) the  
computer or a computer network of which the computer forms a  
part; or (ii) measures applied to protect data held in, or accessible  
from, the computer. (3) the person commits an offence if the  
person fails to comply with the order. Penalty: 6 months  
imprisonment 
 
 
 
 
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published on: 2001-07-14 
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