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Oddly, I can't find the report of the Attorney General on the original Bills BORA compatability - i though there had to be one, or does he just not report if he believes there's no problem?
The A-G reports to Parliament if there is an incompatability. There is no report if there is considered to be no inconsistency. There is an analysis, however, to see whether there is an inconsistency, and allow there is no requirement to make them public, they now always are.
The one on the Copyright (New Technologies And Performers' Rights) Amendment Bill 2005 is available here. It is six paragraphs long. The first paragraph names the bill.
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I imagine the person who did that would be sued into bankruptcy if they were not actually the copyright holder, or perhaps prosecuted.
So, we just need to find a sympathetic someone who is a legitimate copyright holder...
But personally I would suggest a look at the web sites of political parties, MP's, SOE's and lobby groups may be more fruitful.
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How does law this bad come to pass?
IMHExperience...
The sniff of an FTA? A life after parliament?
But really... just failing to pay attention in the run up to an election.
There's a deeper issue behind this - an industry that has leached off the 'poor struggling artist' for far too long, based on a transitory business model that is fundamentally unsustainable.
I actually think this might just be the catalyst we need to begin the collapse of the current IP model. Up the revolution brothers (and sisters. In fact both sexes and hermaphrodites).
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An Internet service provider must adopt and reasonably implement a policy
If I may act stupid for a moment: What if they don't? What penalties would an ISP face?
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They would be sued by the rights holders.
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There's a deeper issue behind this - an industry that has leached off the 'poor struggling artist' for far too long, based on a transitory business model that is fundamentally unsustainable.
Parts of it are way sustainable. APRA had its best year ever last year.
Copyright incomes from synchronisation rights, performance rights and publishing are fine. Selling stuff is harder -- but that's in part because other forms of deriving money from the ownership of music copyrights have flourished.
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They would be sued by the rights holders.
... and if they get it wrong in the other direction, they will be sued by their customers.
Hence the rights holders needing to tilt the playing field through these law changes that subvert natural justice, rather than relying on normal business tactics.
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dammit beaten by Sacha of all people ;-)
But, that's right - as per an earlier post, 34 film and TV companies are suing iiNet in Australia for "authorising" p2p users to infringe using its services, on the basis that it did not terminate them in response to multiple allegations (which iiNet referred to the Police).
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Rick, it's cos I stopped with the single malts earlier on Saturday, I'm sure. :)
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I've just noticed. Rick Shera has the coolest, geekiest legal email address ever.
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it is quite simply the infringement of copyright that makes the internet good.
This law is supposed to protect musicians and the like, but find me a musician who doesn't enjoy the occasional bootleg....
Take 'Vader Sessions' or the Titanic 2 preview off youtube and might as well give up on life.
I don't think this argument is as simple as 'some people who are not that naughty may be punished'. I want rights for the really naughty awesome people who make cool things for no financial gain of their own out of other peoples stuff!
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Copyright incomes from synchronisation rights, performance rights and publishing are fine. Selling stuff is harder -- but that's in part because other forms of deriving money from the ownership of music copyrights have flourished.
...and APRA and licensing is pretty much the way every musician I know makes money off there music. It seems very clearly that it's the record companies and not the artists that are freaked out by downloading. Musicians are such egotists that people not downloading their music is a nightmare. 'They don't love me?'
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man i wish there was an edit button. there, their umm thare, thear, theer.
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"man, I wish there was an edit button"
heh heh heh.
Do you know, a year ago, this would have made no sense to me?
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Islander, I just knew those words would attract you here. :)
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Author, meet muso..
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Yo both-
quoting a very strange & brillant man "My brain is open"-
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But personally I would suggest a look at the web sites of political parties, MP's, SOE's and lobby groups may be more fruitful.
And the music industry, of course.
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Somebody tell Coldplay.
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Music videos are advertising; their proper name is 'promos.'
you just made drop and break my brand new whiskey bottle. heathen.
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So long as it wasn't whisky, what's the harm?
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quoting a very strange & brillant man "My brain is open"
Ah, Erdos.
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So long as it wasn't whisky, what's the harm?
the bishop! now you mention it, it was whisky!
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the bishop! now you mention it, it was whisky!
In that case I hope it wasn't a Single Malt that would be a terrible, terrible calamity. A Vatted Malt only slightly less so, a blend: com çie, com ça.
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Oh and I have a hierarchy on the Single Malts as well. Most Speysiders for eg rank close to blends, whereas if it was distilled on Skye . . .
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