New Australian Copyright Laws

[Doin]

New copyright legislation comes into effect next month in Australia. If taken seriously you could receive massive fines for singing 'Happy Birthday' in a public place (without permission), videoing it and uploading it to youtube. Could end up with several thousand in fines....

http://www.iia.net.au/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=32

http://www.abc.net.au/cgi-bin/common/pr ... 782275.htm

[jarrur]

These laws make ordinary peoples life so much more complicated.

[ret0dd]

This is joke?

[jarrur]

Nope. In Finland, you buy record that has copycontrol and it won't work in your cd player. You download program that overrides that -> Criminal! Now what shit is that?

[Leighton]

Don't worry, Dion, we've got A Current Affair on our side!

I wonder what singers think of this when they're hounded by the paparazzi who actually make money off their pics and videos of private things.

[superman321]

I was reading about this yesterday. Seems to be a very convoluted piece of legislation and some law professors are saying it is almost unworkable given how specific to certain technologies elements of it are. They were also saying that it will merely have to be rewritten in a few years when technology changes. It is a piece of shit.

Also a lot of the big companies like Apple and Google are strongly against these laws.

[Metallifold]

haha, They must know it's unworkable

It's just a way of dealing with pressure from artists and such. Think it'll be like here, lots of of talk and less walk. Don't think they're really wanting to bust regulars for it.
But as everywhere, they might set EXAMPLES, so one should beware anyhow.

[Danallica]

I thought it was already illegal to sing happy birhday and use it in things like films and TV shows, so it's only logical to apply that law to youtube and such.

[Leighton]

I thought it was already illegal to sing happy birhday and use it in things like films and TV shows, so it's only logical to apply that law to youtube and such.

These laws are making it illegal to make any recordings at concerts and such. Before, it was simply a policy of the venue not to allow it. Youtube is only being used as an example to illustrate what types of recordings will be illegal.

It's beaurocratic overkill by your guys.

[Danallica]

I thought it was already illegal to sing happy birhday and use it in things like films and TV shows, so it's only logical to apply that law to youtube and such.

These laws are making it illegal to make any recordings at concerts and such. Before, it was simply a policy of the venue not to allow it. Youtube is only being used as an example to illustrate what types of recordings will be illegal.

It's beaurocratic overkill by your guys.

Get some logic about Nuclear Power then come bakc and talk; dont turn it into a political debate, because you are always wrong.