Comments on: Australian copyright changes

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Thu, 18 May 2006 04:21:37 +0000

They prolly’ monitor major ISP’s, and ISP’s prolly co-operate with the government to find illegal file sharing.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 10:50:56 +0000

The fact that copies have to be made to a different format means that people will not be entitled to make compilation CDs from ripping the CDs they own, yet if they purchase the tracks individually from crapTunes they will be able to burn a mutli artist CD – this doesnt make much sense really and its unlikely anyone will take any notice of the it… there are some benefits to having specific rights rather than a hard to predict personal use provision such as that of the united states, but in real terms people will just do what they want – they own the CD whos to tell them they cant burn a compilation disk. This legislation is about legalising what is already happening there should be no confusion abou this being a ‘gift’ from the the government in exchange for harsher penalties.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 10:50:43 +0000

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 16 May 2006 07:15:24 +0000

can someone explain to me how you get an on the spot fine for file sharing – do they issue it to according to the IP address and send it via your ISP? in which case I will be using a proxy service…. Do they come into your home and hope to catch you in the act>? it really doesnt make much sense to me and we were worried about the notion of innocent until proven guilty in the States, Australia is taking it one step further – guilty without recourse…