BoyOfDestiny
June 13th, 2006, 08:57 PM
http://linux.org.au/
"Linux Australia Urges the Federal Govt. Not to Abandon Consumer and Competition Interests
Linux Australia, Australia's peak Free and Open Source Software community group, announced the launch of a petition today calling on the federal government to resist pressure to abandon consumer and competition rights when drafting anti-circumvention laws. New laws are required under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement negotiated between Australia and the United States."
Petition here:
http://linux.org.au/law
Anyway, good luck to our friends down under... The DMCA has really sucked over here the past 7 years... Examples:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/?f=unintended_consequences.html
No one should want that... Except large corps, cartels, and possibly lawyers...
"Linux Australia Urges the Federal Govt. Not to Abandon Consumer and Competition Interests
Linux Australia, Australia's peak Free and Open Source Software community group, announced the launch of a petition today calling on the federal government to resist pressure to abandon consumer and competition rights when drafting anti-circumvention laws. New laws are required under the terms of the Free Trade Agreement negotiated between Australia and the United States."
Petition here:
http://linux.org.au/law
Anyway, good luck to our friends down under... The DMCA has really sucked over here the past 7 years... Examples:
http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/?f=unintended_consequences.html
No one should want that... Except large corps, cartels, and possibly lawyers...