[Linux-aus] A speech by AG Ruddock "No Fair Use For You!"

[Kimberlee Weatherall]

Actually, this speech is interesting because it does not say that the
government is going to allow taping to watch once - instead, it says that
the law won't legitimise people watching 'over and over'.  This might be a
'backing away' from the full 'no rewind' law to something akin to a 'watch
at convenience but don't library' law.





-----Original Message-----
From: linux-aus-admin at lists.linux.org.au
[mailto:linux-aus-admin at lists.linux.org.au] On Behalf Of Nathan Bailey
Sent: Monday, 4 September 2006 7:41 PM
To: James Purser
Cc: linux-aus at linux.org.au
Subject: Re: [Linux-aus] A speech by AG Ruddock "No Fair Use For You!"

How do you know about "no rewind"? (or is this a reference to not  
being able to watch a taped show twice?)
I'd like to know what the *specific* things we expect this would mean  
are so I can write about it.

eg. presumably by excluding Fair Use, the Attorney General is  
implicitly saying that it would likely be illegal to make (or have?)  
a viewer that allowed you to fast forward "compulsory" bits (eg. the  
trailers and warnings at the start).

What other "normal" / "useful" things would one not be able to do?

ta,
N

On 04/09/2006, at 5:40 PM, James Purser wrote:

> Also found by Donna,
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kcpao
>
> Not only is there not going to be any fair use clause, they are still
> insisting on the "no rewind" clause and limiting what we can do  
> with the
> media we purchase.
>
> Gah.
>
> -- 
> James Purser
> Ordinary Committee Member
> Linux Australia


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