[Rumori] Fwd: [ACC News-l] Australia/US free trade agreement

[shannon o'neill]

Unlike the US, Australia has no Fair Use provisions,
and no Bill of Rights.

>Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 09:54:28 +1100
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>Subject: [ACC News-l] Australia/US free trade agreement
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>Australia and the US have concluded a free trade agreement which includes
>provisions on intellectual property.
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>The Government's fact sheet on intellectual property is available from
>http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us.html
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>The agreement includes:
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>* an extension of the period of copyright protection
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>* tighter controls over circumvention of technological protection measures
>'with a mechanism for ... public interest exceptions'
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>* 'an expeditious process that allows for copyright owners to engage with
>Internet Service Providers and subscribers to deal with allegedly infringing
>copyright material on the Internet'
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>* provisions on enforcement, including remedies and penalties
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>* increased protection against broadcast decoders
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>* 'agreement on standards of copyright protection'
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