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Tougher Copyright Laws for Australia

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-your-own-work dept.

smee2 writes "The Age reports Tougher copyright laws linked to the Australia-US free trade agreement (FTA) have been passed by the Australian parliament, AAP reports. The bill, which passed the Senate last night, will enable people other than copyright owners to force internet service providers to take down material allegedly infringing copyright."

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  1. Potential Problem? by smclean · · Score: 5, Interesting
    So is it then illegal to send notices to companies making allegations of copyright violations which are not true? If not, then a good way to get this law removed or modified would be to send out hundreds of e-mail to websites alleging copyright violation where there is none taking place. It would become common practice to ignore such requests, and those that were 'legitimate' would be lost in the crowd. The expense to businesses would be enormous and the law would be modified.

    Am I missing something?

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    "'Yrch!' said Legolas, falling into his own tongue."

  2. Previous Slashdot article by RenHoek · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Rember this one?

    Censoring The Net With A Hotmail Account

    I think Australian ISP's will be very busy for the coming time..