Australian IT Price Hike Inquiry Kicks Off: Submissions Wanted

Posted by timothy on Friday May 25, 2012 @05:41PM from the show-us-what-part-of-your-wallet-they-touched dept.

New submitter wirelessduck writes "After some recent complaints from a Labor MP about price markups on software and technology devices in Australia, Federal Government agencies decided to look in to the matter and an official parliamentary inquiry into the issue was started. 'The Federal Parliament's inquiry into local price markups on technology goods and services has gotten under way, with the committee overseeing the initiative issuing its terms of reference and calling for submissions from the general public on the issue.'"

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Re:Complaining about proprietary software prices.. by Frogbert · 2012-05-25 18:07 · Score: 5, Insightful

Is as useful as tits on a bull.
No It's not

Companies can charge whatever they damn well want for their software.
Sure, but they shouldn't be allowed to stop you importing it from another region.

Who is anybody to tell them different?

The Australian Government