DMCA in Oz: Rusty a witness at FTA Senate Hearings

Posted by timothy on Tuesday May 18, 2004 @06:22PM from the impressive-turnaround-time dept.

Mikey writes "The Australia Senate currently has a committee investigating the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the USA and Australia. The draft proposal for the FTA will bring DMCA style laws to Australia. Here is the public parliamentary record (the Hansard) from Monday's hearing. The witness list includes Linux Kernel hacker, Paul "Rusty" Russell and other interested parties. Rusty was well received and it seems we have some support from opposition (Labour and Democrat) Senators (FYI Oz currently has a Liberal government). We are getting there, but we need to keep fighting."

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Re:Yup. And Australia benefits how? by Alsee · 2004-05-19 05:07 · Score: 2, Funny

We probably get even more Americans trying to pick effective shades of red and yellow for our fast-"food" outlets to wear.

Yes. When you get those shades just right they actually cause people to eat more. One of many reasons this Free Trade Agreement is Good For Australia.

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