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Re: [Sigia-l] What's wrong down under?

From: Donna Maurer (donnam_at_maadmob.net)
Date: Mon Nov 27 2006 - 05:55:28 EST

Here's a link to the media release, which was not in the original article:
http://tinyurl.com/yf8xy7

And somewhere where there should be more info, but still terribly confusing:
http://ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Copyright

I'm not supporting this, just happened to know where it would be ;)

Donna*
*
Ziya Oz wrote:
> The Howard Government recently introduced proposed changes to Australia's
> copyright laws. While originally promoted by the Government as a way of
> relaxing the arcane deficiencies of existing law - which, for example, make
> it illegal to record a TV show for later viewing - it is now clear that the
> laws would turn Australian copyright law into one of the most punitive,
> restrictive and regressive systems in the world.
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/uhtl7>
>
> I thought Aussies were reasonably reasonable people; what happened? Will
> this impact how you'll handle information?
>
> Ziya
> Nullius in Verba
> 

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