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Patent Mess May Stifle Australian Software

Posted by timothy on from the specific-example-of-a-general-truth dept.

gtoomey writes "Australian Open Source lawyer Brendan Scott is claiming the USA/Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) will damage all Australian software development. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald says that developers have probably built products which 'infringe' on U.S. software patents, while the FTA is forcing Australia to adopt DCMA laws."

9 of 231 comments (clear)

  1. No it won't by fireman+sam · · Score: 5, Funny

    It won't damage Australian software development. Microsoft Australia, Sun Australia, Apple Australia will do just fine.

    For me personally, you can catch me at Elisabeth St intersection washing windscreens for the MS, Sun and Apple developers as they head of to work.

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    it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
  2. Obvious solution by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Outsource to Tasmania.

    1. Re:Obvious solution by dbIII · · Score: 2, Funny
      Outsource to Tasmania.
      The devil you say!
  3. DCMA laws? by Dot.Com.CEO · · Score: 3, Funny

    I mean, if you are willing to put your post in the queue, please try to at least sound like you know what you are talking about. It is the DMCA. Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Not DCMA, not YMCA.

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    Mother is the best bet and don't let Satan draw you too fast.
  4. Re:This has me worried in a major way by inflex · · Score: 3, Funny

    Don't forget the coffee plantations! :-D

    We could work non-stop.

  5. Re:Will New Zealand follow? by Omega1045 · · Score: 4, Funny

    You don't want free trade with us. We suck. We make horrible trilogies like Star Wars 1, 2 & 3. In constrast, you make great trilogies like LOTR 1, 2 & 3.

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    Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein

  6. Re:We already have DMCA style provisions by dtfinch · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stupid Laws 'R Us

    That's "US".

  7. Re:Bandwidth by EvilCabbage · · Score: 2, Funny

    Jesus, there is no such word as REDICULOUS!

    I grind my teeth every time I read that.

    I'm starting to understand what my highschool english teacher was worried about.

  8. Re:Will New Zealand follow? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Never vote for any party that will get more than 5% support - they have sold out to popularism.