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Australia to Get Software Patents and Anti-Circumvention Laws
Marlor writes "Australia's main opposition party have just confirmed that they will be supporting the Free Trade Agreement with the USA. This means that Australia will be adopting DMCA-style laws and Software Patents in the name of 'harmonizing IP laws with the USA', despite consistent lobbying against them. Matters are made worse by the fact that, unlike Americans, Australians are not protected by 'fair use' provisions." Odd that 'harmonizing' is always in one direction - for some reason, no one ever wants to decrease IP regulation to harmonize with some other country.
Great Britain?
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Ian
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This won't last long-- Jews and Muslims are going to be really mad about that!
However, there'll be no chicks there, so the GNU-ites would die out within a generation and the DMCA gang would still win.
There would be a few of us, but there would be a lot of 'not if you were the last nerd on the island' talk.
Anyone know of a large island that is well connected to the Internet? ...offhand I'd say Australia. ;)
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In protest all Australia Open Source and Small software vendor developers should on mass purchase a airline ticket to New Zealand on a date close to the signing of the treaty. Then forward a photocopy of the ticket to their state and federal representatives explaining that they are looking to emigrate because of the adoption of such business hostile draconian legislation.
even though you bought something, it's not really yours. So don't even THINK about opening it up and seeing how it works.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
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Hey Australia! SUCKERS!!! signed, Microsoft, Sun, The SCO group, George Asshole Bush and the USPTO.
The government which is strong enough to protect you from everything is strong enough to take everything from you.
Gnu Zealand.
Time makes more converts than reason
Its looks to me like your Mr Bush has been amazing allies, friends and family by shoving his hand up our politician's butts and making them say whatever he wants again...and all without his lips moving too! Oh Mr Bush, you're so talented, and all with such wooden spineless dummies!
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He said large island :-)