I have talked about this before, a new Australia law prompted by a free trade agreement with the US. The more I study copyright, the more interesting these sorts of treaty negotiations seem to be involved from the Berne Convention to how the DMCA, like the EUCD, was actually an implementation of an agreement under the auspices of the WIPO.
Now, however, Australia's own DMCA-like law appears to be on the fast track to passage. There were a couple of late additions that no one is sure what to make of, a carve out for region coding and for fringe applications, like garage door openers and printer cartridges.
The EFF coverage makes me concerned that regardless of the carve outs, fast tracking this bill is a bad idea. Much like similar bad politics here in the US, like putting bills forward at the eleventh hour and with little forewarning, this seems like a recipe for all sorts of land mines to make it into the ratified law.
I have talked about this before, a new Australia law prompted by a free trade agreement with the US. The more I study copyright, the more interesting these sorts of treaty negotiations seem to be involved from the Berne Convention to how the DMCA, like the EUCD, was actually an implementation of an agreement under the auspices of the WIPO.
Now, however, Australia’s own DMCA-like law appears to be on the fast track to passage. There were a couple of late additions that no one is sure what to make of, a carve out for region coding and for fringe applications, like garage door openers and printer cartridges.
The EFF coverage makes me concerned that regardless of the carve outs, fast tracking this bill is a bad idea. Much like similar bad politics here in the US, like putting bills forward at the eleventh hour and with little forewarning, this seems like a recipe for all sorts of land mines to make it into the ratified law.
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