Australia To Adopt U.S.-Style Copyright Laws

An anonymous reader submits "Australia has just announced that it has finalized a Free Trade Agreement with the United States. Included in the treaty is an agreement for Australia to implement American-style DMCA copyright laws, extensions to the term of copyright, and an agreement to move towards American-style patent and trademark laws (and we all know how well those work, don't we.) I suppose this is the misery-loves-company school of treaty negotiation."

Comments

Re:Beginning of a frightening trend?

[Anonymous Coward]

Let's face it, Australia is America's lap dog.

Re:What about Gutenberg?

[bogie]

Sorry, I copyrighted the word "fuckers". Any written, oral, or pictorial representation belongs to me. Further use of the word "fuckers" will result in fines up to $100,000 per use and/or criminal punishment by a government branch of my choosing. Have a nice day.

fuckers?

[TubeSteak]

would 'mother fuckers' count as a derivitive word? or does it have enough originality (50%) to be considered outside your copyright? Cock Sucking Mother Fuckers is 75% original.

Re:The US government pulled a fast one

[LordLucless]

I'm sincerely hoping that in eighteen years time, there will be no more America, or at the very least, not as we know it now.