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Copyright Extension In Australia
femto writes "The Motion Picture Association and
APRA have commissioned a
report
from Allen Consulting into the
effects of extending Australian copyright from life+50 years to life+70years.
This forms the MPA and APRA's contribution to
US-Australian free trade negotiations,
currently underway. The report recommends that copyright terms should be extended.
An extension of copyright would not be in Australia's interest.
Some would argue that it is not in anyone's
interest. Projects such as Project Gutenberg of Australia
would be adversely affected by such an extension. Perhaps now is to time to write to your Member
of Parliament, asking them to oppose any extension of copyright or patents, and shore up whatever resistance there is to an extension of IP in Australia?"
Slashdotting a pdf on Allen Consulting's meager web server. Good move. Oh... good move!
(For those soon to be unable to reach it, it's basically the template rent-a-stance enumeration of weak arguments against extension, followed by a refutation, followed by an enumeration of arguments for, and supporting arguments for each. Selective focus with input from Allen associate Mr. Straw Man.)
~ Whence do you come, slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
Just to eke out a few more dollars from that Yahoo Serious movie?
Seventy years? Sweeeeet. I was thinking about writing a really, really, really, really, really great novel, but if it was only going to be profitable for fifty years after I die, I wasn't going to bother. But now! I guess I'll have to learn to spell, 'cause I got some novellin' to do.
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