http://hourann.com/blog/2005/06/28/tell-the-feds-you-want-freer-copyright-law Hourann’s illogical blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:31:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://hourann.com/blog/2005/06/28/tell-the-feds-you-want-freer-copyright-law#comment-499 The Pencil Guy » Archive » The gutless way to change copyright Sun, 14 May 2006 14:38:10 +0000 http://pencilguy.dview.net/blog.cgi/m05/copyright-law.html#comment-499 [...] Some months ago, I posted about proposed changes to copyright law that would have made life much less painful for copyright consumers (i.e. just about everyone) in this country. I only just found out that the Attorney-General today announced legal changes as a result of that review. There’s an excellent (and detailed) summary over at LawFont. [...] [...] Some months ago, I posted about proposed changes to copyright law that would have made life much less painful for copyright consumers (i.e. just about everyone) in this country. I only just found out that the Attorney-General today announced legal changes as a result of that review. There’s an excellent (and detailed) summary over at LawFont. [...]

]]> http://hourann.com/blog/2005/06/28/tell-the-feds-you-want-freer-copyright-law#comment-80 The Pencil Guy » Archive » Why copyright levies suck Tue, 28 Feb 2006 13:43:12 +0000 http://pencilguy.dview.net/blog.cgi/m05/copyright-law.html#comment-80 [...] An interesting copyright-related story: a few months ago, when the federal Attorney-General was calling for submissions for a review of ‘fair use’ in Australian copyright law, one of the options presented was the introduction of a levy on blank media aimed at compensating copyright owners for illegal copies made with those media. Fortunately, very few of the submissions supported that idea (and indeed, most called for wide ‘fair use’ rights). [...] [...] An interesting copyright-related story: a few months ago, when the federal Attorney-General was calling for submissions for a review of ‘fair use’ in Australian copyright law, one of the options presented was the introduction of a levy on blank media aimed at compensating copyright owners for illegal copies made with those media. Fortunately, very few of the submissions supported that idea (and indeed, most called for wide ‘fair use’ rights). [...]

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