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Australia May Adopt DMCA-Style Copyright Regime

Posted by timothy on Monday January 27, 2003 @07:21PM from the or-we-will-hit-you-with-this-carrot dept.

beaver1024 writes "Australia, desperate to garner more U.S. trade, has indicated that it is willing to follow a more stringent regime for protecting copyright. This follows attempts by MediaForce to force Australian ISPs to comply with U.S. DMCA provisions. I fear that due to the current Australian government's weak spineless nature, the harsh provisions of the DMCA will soon arrive in the land down under."

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Good idea by 91degrees · 2003-01-27 22:18 · Score: 5, Insightful

In return, the US should implement Australian style restrictions on corporate donations to political parties, and European style data protection laws.