The bill allowed rights holders to obtain court orders requiring ISPs to block access to overseas websites whose "primary purpose" was facilitating copyright infringement [1].
He elaborated that VPNs "have a wide range of legitimate purposes, not least of which is the preservation of privacy" and that the bill only targets sites whose "primary purpose" is copyright infringement [2].
The bill passed the Senate on June 22, 2015, with Coalition and Labor voting together (37-13) to defeat amendments proposed by Greens Senator Scott Ludlam [3].
The Labor opposition proposed only one amendment (calling for fair use to be introduced into Australian Copyright Law) and otherwise supported the bill without VPN-specific protections [4].
缺失的脈絡
該聲 gāi shēng 稱 chēng 忽略 hū lüè 了 le 幾個 jǐ gè 重要 zhòng yào 的 de 背景 bèi jǐng 因素 yīn sù : :
The claim omits several important contextual elements:
First, the bill's "primary purpose" test theoretically excluded VPNs because VPNs have multiple legitimate uses (privacy, security, business applications) rather than having copyright infringement as their primary purpose [2].
The bipartisan nature of the vote is not acknowledged in the claim's framing.
該聲 gāi shēng 稱 chēng 的 de 論述 lùn shù 未承認 wèi chéng rèn 投票 tóu piào 的 de 兩黨 liǎng dǎng 一致性 yí zhì xìng 質 zhì 。 。
Third, the bill included a mandatory review provision requiring assessment of its effectiveness after two years of operation [5], which provided a mechanism to address unintended consequences including any VPN blocking.
Fourth, the claim conflates "voting against a specific amendment" with "voting against VPN exemptions." The government maintained that the bill's existing structure already protected VPNs through the "primary purpose" test, making a specific exemption legally redundant rather than opposed in principle [2].
While Pirate Party Australia has expertise in digital rights issues and participated in parliamentary inquiries on this legislation [7], it is also an advocacy organization with a stated political position opposing copyright enforcement measures.
Their assessment should be understood as coming from an organization whose core platform includes opposing exactly this type of legislation [6].
該聲 gāi shēng 稱 chēng 似乎 sì hū 將一個 jiāng yī gè 政黨 zhèng dǎng 的 de 批評 pī píng 與 yǔ 客觀 kè guān 的 de 事實 shì shí 查核 chá hé 混為 hùn wèi 一談 yī tán 。 。
The claim appears to conflate a political party's criticism with an objective fact-check.
Pirate Pirate Party Party 的 de 論述 lùn shù 反映 fǎn yìng 了 le 他們 tā men 對 duì 該 gāi 立法 lì fǎ 的 de 反 fǎn 對 duì , , 而 ér 非 fēi 對 duì 政府 zhèng fǔ 聲明 shēng míng 和 hé 投票 tóu piào 記錄 jì lù 的 de 獨立 dú lì 查證 chá zhèng 。 。
The Pirate Party's characterization reflects their opposition to the legislation rather than an independent verification of the government's statements and voting record.
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Labor 比較
Labor Labor 做 zuò 了類 le lèi 似的 shì de 事情 shì qíng 嗎 ma ? ?
**Did Labor do something similar?**
Labor supported the same bill and voted alongside the Coalition to defeat the Greens' VPN amendments [4].
Neither party supported the specific VPN exemptions proposed by the Greens, with both preferring the "primary purpose" test as the protection mechanism.
The government's position was that VPNs were already protected by the bill's "primary purpose" requirement, which required copyright infringement to be the main purpose of a service rather than merely one possible use [2].
Turnbull explicitly stated: "Where someone is using a VPN to access, for example, Netflix from the United States to get content in respect of which Netflix does not have an Australian licence, this bill would not deal with that, because you could not say that Netflix in the United States has as its primary purpose the infringement, or facilitation of the infringement, of copyright" [2].
Critics, including the Pirate Party, EFF, and consumer groups like CHOICE, argued that the "primary purpose" test was dangerously vague and could theoretically be applied to VPNs by aggressive rights holders [8].
The EFF noted that "operators of Virtual Private Network (VPN) services, some of whom specifically market their services for their ability to access blocked or geoblocked content" could be at risk [8].
The vote against the Greens' amendment was bipartisan (Coalition and Labor together), not a unilateral Coalition decision [4].
兩 liǎng 大政 dà zhèng 黨 dǎng 都 dōu 接受 jiē shòu 了 le 政府 zhèng fǔ 的 de 保證 bǎo zhèng , , 即 jí 「 「 主要 zhǔ yào 目的 mù dì 」 」 測試 cè shì 提供 tí gōng 了 le 充分 chōng fèn 的 de 保護 bǎo hù 。 。
Both major parties accepted the government's assurance that the "primary purpose" test was sufficient protection.
部分真實
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該聲 gāi shēng 稱 chēng 有事 yǒu shì 實基礎 shí jī chǔ , , 但 dàn 呈現 chéng xiàn 了 le 誤導性 wù dǎo xìng 的 de 圖 tú 像 xiàng 。 。
The claim has a factual basis but presents a misleading picture.
Malcolm Malcolm Turnbull Turnbull 確實 què shí 表示 biǎo shì VPN VPN 不會 bù huì 受到 shòu dào 該 gāi 立法 lì fǎ 的 de 影響 yǐng xiǎng , , Coalition Coalition ( ( 與 yǔ Labor Labor 一起 yì qǐ ) ) 也 yě 確實 què shí 投票 tóu piào 反對 fǎn duì 了 le Greens Greens 將明確 jiāng míng què 豁免 huò miǎn VPN VPN 的 de 修正案 xiū zhèng àn 。 。
Malcolm Turnbull did state that VPNs would not be affected by the legislation, and the Coalition (along with Labor) did vote against Greens amendments that would have explicitly exempted VPNs.
However, the claim omits that: (1) the government argued VPNs were already protected by the "primary purpose" test, (2) Labor also voted against the VPN amendments, making this bipartisan rather than a Coalition-specific action, and (3) the government's assessment appears to have been accurate as VPNs have not been blocked under this legislation.
The framing suggests hypocrisy where there was legitimate legal reasoning behind the position.
最終分數
6.0
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部分真實
該聲 gāi shēng 稱 chēng 有事 yǒu shì 實基礎 shí jī chǔ , , 但 dàn 呈現 chéng xiàn 了 le 誤導性 wù dǎo xìng 的 de 圖 tú 像 xiàng 。 。
The claim has a factual basis but presents a misleading picture.
Malcolm Malcolm Turnbull Turnbull 確實 què shí 表示 biǎo shì VPN VPN 不會 bù huì 受到 shòu dào 該 gāi 立法 lì fǎ 的 de 影響 yǐng xiǎng , , Coalition Coalition ( ( 與 yǔ Labor Labor 一起 yì qǐ ) ) 也 yě 確實 què shí 投票 tóu piào 反對 fǎn duì 了 le Greens Greens 將明確 jiāng míng què 豁免 huò miǎn VPN VPN 的 de 修正案 xiū zhèng àn 。 。
Malcolm Turnbull did state that VPNs would not be affected by the legislation, and the Coalition (along with Labor) did vote against Greens amendments that would have explicitly exempted VPNs.
However, the claim omits that: (1) the government argued VPNs were already protected by the "primary purpose" test, (2) Labor also voted against the VPN amendments, making this bipartisan rather than a Coalition-specific action, and (3) the government's assessment appears to have been accurate as VPNs have not been blocked under this legislation.