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Article #383Re: Software groups warn of FTA dangers
From: rock
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:10
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2004 23:10
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<telford@xenon.triode.net.au> wrote in message news:10idjd4bbj10890@corp.supernews.com... >>>>> The DCMA is just a very very bad law, which the US >>>>> companies are trying to get adopted around the world. >> And that aint gunna happen here, you watch. >> We've already adopted the bits of that that make sense for us. >> And binned the bits that dont. >> Most obviously with region coding of DVDs etc. > Ummm, Sony won their case on appeal, despite > the ACCC trying to stop region encoding of DVDs... Completely irrelevant to the general question of region coding in this country. THATS the bit of the DCMA we chose not to have in OUR legislation. > I did watch and it did gunna happen here. Not with region coding in general it didnt, and wont. >> Nope. Thats just what Sony claim. > Sony AND the Australian Federal Court, July 2003. Completely irrelevant to what was being discussed, REGION CODING IN GENERAL.
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X-Google-Thread: 102983,d7c8ce5ece357c16 X-Google-Thread: 102c27,d7c8ce5ece357c16 X-Google-Thread: 10df0c,d7c8ce5ece357c16 X-Google-Thread: 108c83,d7c8ce5ece357c16 X-Google-Thread: fd95d,d7c8ce5ece357c16 X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,gid102c27,gid10df0c,gid108c83,gidfd95d,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!uninett.no!newsfeed1.eu.ignite.net!newsfeed.pacific.net.au!token.pipenetworks.com!218.100.2.59.MISMATCH!not-for-mail From: "rock" <tsf@tsrww.com> Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,aus.legal,aus.politics,aus.computers,aus.censorship References: <pan.2004.08.07.02.14.57.592603@dodo.com.au> <41199AC4.2090203@abuzz.com.au> <411aa23f$0$11790$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <10hme94bkrp0t37@corp.supernews.com> <411c0152$0$18434$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <10hoi60ccp37jff@corp.supernews.com> <cfjut9$shs$1@nntp.itservices.ubc.ca> <411dad78$0$18434$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au> <10i9779gd6p8qfc@corp.supernews.com> <41256fd8$0$3613$61c65585@un-2park-reader-02.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au> <10idjd4bbj10890@corp.supernews.com> Subject: Re: Software groups warn of FTA dangers Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 09:10:23 +1000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 Lines: 34 Message-ID: <4127b683$0$31706$61c65585@un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.217.79.215 X-Trace: 1093121668 un-2park-reader-01.sydney.pipenetworks.com.au 31706 203.217.79.215:28102 X-Complaints-To: Abuse, including message IDs to abuse@pipenetworks.com