home
products
contribute
download
documentation
forum
Home
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
All posts
Latest activity
Members
Registered members
Current visitors
Donate
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Search titles only
By:
Menu
Log in
Register
Navigation
Install the app
Install
More options
Contact us
Close Menu
Forums
General Forums
OffTopic
Australian Idol
Contact us
RSS
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="samuel337" data-source="post: 92478" data-attributes="member: 10347"><p>Meh, over 90% of the Australian population are criminals right now anyway thanks to our existing copyright laws. They just don't prosecute us, because if they did, basically the entire country is guilty because even things like ripping a CD to a computer/iPod, or a recording off a FTA using a VCR is illegal.</p><p></p><p>These reforms were basically instigated as a result of the AUSFTA (Australia-US Free Trade Agreement). They were essentially conditions imposed upon us on signing, so I guess we should be thankful we don't have the DMCA or any truly draconian legislation like that, although this is close.</p><p></p><p>IMO, the most significant positive thing about the new copyright legislation is that it prohibits (or permits circumvention of) region-seperating mechanisms, e.g. region-coding on DVD players.</p><p></p><p>Sam</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="samuel337, post: 92478, member: 10347"] Meh, over 90% of the Australian population are criminals right now anyway thanks to our existing copyright laws. They just don't prosecute us, because if they did, basically the entire country is guilty because even things like ripping a CD to a computer/iPod, or a recording off a FTA using a VCR is illegal. These reforms were basically instigated as a result of the AUSFTA (Australia-US Free Trade Agreement). They were essentially conditions imposed upon us on signing, so I guess we should be thankful we don't have the DMCA or any truly draconian legislation like that, although this is close. IMO, the most significant positive thing about the new copyright legislation is that it prohibits (or permits circumvention of) region-seperating mechanisms, e.g. region-coding on DVD players. Sam [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
General Forums
OffTopic
Australian Idol
Contact us
RSS
Top
Bottom
