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Kuzelj
Nov 2000
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No not about Iraq, but about prosecuting citizens of other countries for copyright infringments (as if they cannot do it themselves).
http://australianit.news.com.au/art...Enbv%5E,00.html
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UNITED States trade negotiators are pushing for Australia to sign up to a tough new copyright regime that could hold internet service providers liable for breaches.
The first round of talks in an Australia-US Free Trade Agreement will commence in Australia in March, and the internet industry is flagging that ISP liability for copyright material is "on the table" as far as the US side is concerned.
US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has raised the issue in a letter to Congress ahead of the talks.
A free trade agreement would probably involve the two nations "harmonising" key legislation on commerce. This could include bringing the Australian Copyright Act into line with US law.
Australia's law differs substantially from the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which holds ISPs liable for the transmission of copyright material unless they sign up to a content management agreement that requires them to remove material judged to be in breach of copyright law.
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"The US would like to influence our legislation in a way similar to theirs," Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regional and free trade agreement section director John Richardson said.
The US was also likely to seek stronger protection against software piracy, he said. "In copyright they believe we don't have strong enough criminal penalties, as opposed to civil penalties."
Australian ISPs have said heavy lobbying from the entertainment industry is behind the US stance.
"The US side is heavily influenced by music and motion picture industry interests, which in the US have been very aggressive in the way they have pursued ISPs," Internet Industry Association chief executive Peter Coroneos said.
"The US has definitely put ISP liability on the agenda, and we're developing a position on that."
The controversial DMCA was passed by Congress in 1998, and has been widely attacked for not providing enough protection to users.
While 1998 amendments to Australia's Copyright Act protect ISPs from legal action when they act as conduits for copyright material, the US law provides that so-called "safe harbour" only when they sign up for a regime of takedown notices.
Like Australia's internet censorship regime, the US takedown system requires ISPs to deliver notices to alleged violators and to block access to copyright material.
Copyright owners may also ask for the identity of the subscriber, but many ISPs have fought such orders.
Just last week, the US District Court ordered ISP and telco Verizon to give up the name of a subscriber alleged to have downloaded 600 songs via Kazaa in a single day.
Mr Coroneos said the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade had approached the IIA for input on the copyright issue.
Unlike many other interests - including the Australian Wheat Board, which is opposing US attempts to dismantle the single desk system for exports - the internet industry could join the agreement quickly.
The IIA has been working on a code of practice with the Australian Recording Industry Associations for some months.
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I hope Vanuatu will resist when noone else will 
A free trade agreement would probably involve the two nations "harmonising" key legislation on commerce. This could include bringing the Australian Copyright Act into line with US law.
Australia's law differs substantially from the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which holds ISPs liable for the transmission of copyright material unless they sign up to a content management agreement that requires them to remove material judged to be in breach of copyright law.
"The US would like to influence our legislation in a way similar to theirs," Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade regional and free trade agreement section director John Richardson said.
Does everyone have to be like US? Come on Aussies don't be pushed around
and check this out you people in the land of the free
Just last week, the US District Court ordered ISP and telco Verizon to give up the name of a subscriber alleged to have downloaded 600 songs via Kazaa in a single day.
you coud get prosecuted for using Kazaa soon, peharp this will be the new "war on copyrightbreakers"
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Really does the world need the influence of bribed US lawmakers to accept the laws that deep pockets of industry CEO's created, (if they already failed to bribe the local politicians  )?
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