Re: [Linux-aus] FTA Guide Out

[Brad Hards <bhards@bigpond.net.au>]

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On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 02:09 am, Anthony Towns wrote:
> Yoho,
>
> The guide to the FTA's out now. The IP section is at:
>
>   http://www.dfat.gov.au/trade/negotiations/us_fta/guide/17.html
>
> It has this to say on circumvention stuff:
It should be emphasised that the "circumvention devices" are actually a 
counter to certain anti-free trade practices (eg DVD region encoding isn't a 
copyright protection thing, because it doesn't. It is a market segmentation 
tool for multinational corporations).

If we are serious about free and open trade, the trade agreement shouldn't be 
supporting restrictions on technology that exist to prop up profits by 
restricting trade.

Brad
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