Comments on: Australia’s DAFT copyrights http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10442 p2pnet.net - reader powered Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:11:09 -0300 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10442/comment-page-1#comment-130382 Reader's Write Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:58:23 +0000 #comment-130382 I couldnt agree more - there is no reason why the majority of this Bill has to be passed before Christmas - the government has had years to get this stuff right and has totally stuffed it up - they want to pass it before Christmas because it is more convenient to pass one Bill than two = how is this responsible government - last I checked the laws were meant to be workable and reflect the will of the people. The DRM stuff has to be passed this year to comply with the USA free trade agreement - important to some - not me ... but there is simply no reason why the rest of it has to happen straight away - particularly as there is next to no chance of having anything amended again until after the next election. I couldnt agree more – there is no reason why the majority of this Bill has to be passed before Christmas – the government has had years to get this stuff right and has totally stuffed it up – they want to pass it before Christmas because it is more convenient to pass one Bill than two = how is this responsible government – last I checked the laws were meant to be workable and reflect the will of the people. The DRM stuff has to be passed this year to comply with the USA free trade agreement – important to some – not me … but there is simply no reason why the rest of it has to happen straight away – particularly as there is next to no chance of having anything amended again until after the next election.

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/10442/comment-page-1#comment-130378 Reader's Write Thu, 16 Nov 2006 06:55:57 +0000 #comment-130378 It seems that every time there is a move to get the laws ratified, almost every event in every country has been put on the fast track with some sort of time crunch involved to force it to come to be. With WIPO hanging in the winds, a time limit involved for whatever country, and some sort of forcing so that it can't be dissected or looked at really closely before passing. This also means that time can't be taken to get it right, to change the proposal, or to look at the interior of what these laws will mean to the future of public domain. In every case it is buried in near realms of paperwork so that even if given a month with no other pressing business to take care it, it can't be looked at with a fine toothed comb till after it is a done deal. At that point it is no longer the lawmakers concern but rather the private citizens, activists, and those involved in copyright that have to turn the pages and look under the rug for the traps lain. Other than Canada, there hasn't been much success in slowing down the process to take the time to take a look. That means that whatever is passed has some "debatable" issues and some that will certainly not stand the light of day and intense scrutiny is liable to turn up just what it is. It would also mean that time to look could result in changes to the proposed laws to get it closer to right for the public. I believe this to be the reason why it is almost always presented in the time crunch fashion. It seems that every time there is a move to get the laws ratified, almost every event in every country has been put on the fast track with some sort of time crunch involved to force it to come to be. With WIPO hanging in the winds, a time limit involved for whatever country, and some sort of forcing so that it can’t be dissected or looked at really closely before passing.

This also means that time can’t be taken to get it right, to change the proposal, or to look at the interior of what these laws will mean to the future of public domain. In every case it is buried in near realms of paperwork so that even if given a month with no other pressing business to take care it, it can’t be looked at with a fine toothed comb till after it is a done deal. At that point it is no longer the lawmakers concern but rather the private citizens, activists, and those involved in copyright that have to turn the pages and look under the rug for the traps lain.

Other than Canada, there hasn’t been much success in slowing down the process to take the time to take a look. That means that whatever is passed has some “debatable” issues and some that will certainly not stand the light of day and intense scrutiny is liable to turn up just what it is. It would also mean that time to look could result in changes to the proposed laws to get it closer to right for the public.

I believe this to be the reason why it is almost always presented in the time crunch fashion.

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