“Proposed new copyright laws in Australia dramatically lower the threshold for a criminal infringement, raising the prospect that having devices such as MP3 players or uploading a Web video of yourself singing along to your favorite song, could lead to serious penalties, critics say,” The Associated Press reports.
“The amendments have been introduced to Parliament and are being debated by politicians and experts before a final version of the bill is put to a vote, expected sometime next year,” AP reports.
AP reports, “Electronic Frontiers Australia, a nonprofit Online free speech group, said the bill vastly extends the scope of items considered used for copyright theft from strictly commercial machines like printing presses to personal devices like video players, iPod-type MP3 players and home computers. ‘Section 132(3) makes possession of those devices a criminal offense,’ the group wrote in a submission to a government committee examining the bill.”
Full article here.
Have fun paying for and attempting to prosecute millions of “criminals,” Australia. They’ll change Section 132(3) before it becomes law if they have even half a brain among them.
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Yes, we did come from convict stock, but they were petty thieves put away for stealing an egg or a piece of bread from a fat English prick. The real criminals were left behind in England.
As for New Zealand, all I can say is you must have a awful lot of criminals, because 10% of your population lives in Australia!
Someone also commented on our politicians and wanted to know if they could be so stupid. YES!
Proud to be of convict stock and proud to be Aussie.
i havent seen my ipod since i put it in that kangaroos pouch
Any truth to the rumor that they anticipate so many iPod criminals that they are going to send them to some worthless islands within the Axis of AENUS (Australia, England ‘n United States).
I guess, Hawaii and Rhode Island are going to get crowded.
As I keep telling my English friends.
We got the better Island!
This MAY be one of the concessions the Australian government is having to make as part of Australia’s ‘Free Trade Agreement’ with America.
Democracy is not for the people. All citizens are guilty, the only question is to what degree.
Aussie:
I’d rather eat dried seal and boiled seal stomach, than lick a spoon with Vegemite. Have you eaten seal? Imagine flesh that is as black as a thousand moonless and starless nights that tastes like fish rotting on the beach. Yumm! Thank God for salsa.