Qantas censors anti-censorship

More news on the Censordyne campaign against Australian internet censorship: The initial plan, for which they were raising funds, to show the parody ad on Qantas flights heading to Canberra the week before Parliament is due to reconvene has been shot down after Qantas refused to air the ads due to a policy of not showing “political advertising”.

The funds won’t go to waste however. As great as it would have been to show the ad to every politician taking a Qantas flight before the next Parliament sitting, the funds raised will now be going toward airing the ad on prime time television, which will hopefully help bring the issue further into the public eye.

Read some more over at The Age, including the makers of Sensodyne toothpaste considering their legal standpoint to sue someone. If nothing else, this campaign makes for some interesting drama!

In related news, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was awarded the title of Internet Villan of the Year at this year’s Internet Service Providers’ Association Awards. Couldn’t have chosen better, for my money. Congratulations, Senator!