Okay, so here’s a better summary of the forum which I’ve posted to the linux-aus mailing list. And we’re off… Archives are at http://your.phillipsfox.com.au/digitalreview/ The format was: Libraries, etc ISP liability Technology and Rights TPM, Circumvention devices and RMI General discussion There were a bunch of people from Phillips Fox and the Attorney General’s department […]
Issue 19 19.1: Do the decompilation amendments achieve the intended balance between owners and users of software? One of the considerations of the review is the changes to the copyright act made back when Y2k was looming. These changes concerned allowing users to demcompile programs they own for compatibility reasons, and to fix bugs in […]
Protecting owners interests in Tennessee. Solving spam, by banning software and communication.
Well, not a very complete one but hey. The online forums are basically over now, and were quite interesting. There was a bit of give and take with the review team, which was good and more than I expected, and will hopefully be quite useful. It wasn’t very well attended, which works out great for […]
I’m going to have a go at blogging some of the various issues the review team raise. Issue 17 Having regard to the decisions in Warner and Sony (at first instance and on appeal), does the exemption for temporary copying in the course of a communication provide sufficient certainty? One of the changes to the […]
So it seems the reason nothing appeared when I tried to find out information on the online forum was due to a bug in the HTML — something was lowercase in one place, and uppercase in the other. Tsk. You can click here to get to the PHP based online forums. Registration is required, it’s […]
Yup it’s all digital agenda all the time here. So first, I’m blind. There are issues papers out, in Word and PDF format. Topics are: Rights and Technology Issues, Circumvention devices and services, technological protection measures and rights management information, Liability of carriers and carriage service providers, and Libraries, archives and educational copying. These were […]
One of the big things that recent years have demonstrated is that one of the big problems with the direction of copyright is the imbalance between company rights and users’ rights. Shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses, court decisions, and legislation have all been favouring vendors and authors, while consumers are becoming more annoyed and less attentive […]
The Australian Digital Alliance is a group that seems to have a similar set of beliefs to mine, at least. They have a survey about the review that’s worth a look. It’s in RTF which is mildly annoying.
Gah. Well, apparently the review of the Digital Agenda amendments to the Australian Copyright act has already started. Yay for all the publicity. Even better: Public fora are to be held in Melbourne on Thursday 14 August and in Sydney on Thursday 4 September. If you are interested in attending either of these public fora […]