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Posted by Shane on 10/16/51 11:25
On Thu, 01 Sep 2005 13:19:46 +1000, pat wrote:
> On Wed, 31 Aug 2005 10:04:35 -0400, Kenneth Downs wrote:
>
>> Smitro wrote:
>>
>>> pat wrote:
>>>> On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 07:52:33 +1000, Smitro wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I'm looking for some legal advice, from an Australian.
>>>>>
>>>>>I have a web site that I would like to allow only Australians to sign
>>>>>up. Do you know if it would be considered discrimination (from a legal
>>>>>point of view) if I made that one of the terms in the "Terms and
>>>>>Conditions of Use". I have seen some sites that say "UK only" but are
>>>>>we bound by something different?
>>>>>
>>>>>Smitro
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How will you know if the user is Australian? We do tend to travel a
>>>> bit
>>>> :)
>>>>
>>>> Patrick
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I have now decided to go by IP address. If the IP address is Australian
>>> owned.
>>>
>>> Smitro
>>
>> What happens when your user flies up to Japan for the weekend?
>
> Ah, I see the error of my logic now. Now we can debate what "Australian
> owned" means :)
>
> Does the website content justify the effort?
>
> Hey, it's your call, do what you want.
>
> Patrick
I would have thought this was an easy thing to do, ask the visitors a
question, and if they dont answer 'mate' or 'yeah nah yeah' or 'beer me'
then clearly they are not australian
(Crikey!)
HTH
:-)
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