OzHub, the Macquarie Telecom-led cloud computing alliance, has come down firmly on the side of Optus over the copyright controversy surrounding Optus TV Now, warning that any moves to change the law "risk branding Australia a global luddite state."
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Renai LeMay
Monday, 07 June 2010 10:00
opinion I couldn’t help but feel amused by the irony on Friday when the news broke that Virgin Blue had sacked 20 staff for what the Sydney Morning Herald reported was the dastardly offence of swapping porn on the airline’s computers.
If it was any other corporation, Virgin Blue would be completely justified in the sackings. After all, browsing pornography in the workplace is a social no-no in Australian society. Such actions have the potential to create situations where some employees could feel uncomfortable or even threatened by the behaviour of others.
Many organisations make their adherence to social standards (and I assume there are some legal requirements in this area as well) clear by making their ‘no pornography’ policies explicit in their computer usage agreements that all employees are required to read and sign when they join the organisation — and usually at regular intervals after that.
But Virgin Blue is not just any other corporation. The company appears to have actively promoted itself in public as having a culture of slightly sexualised behaviour.
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