On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 19:40 +1000, Nathan Bailey wrote: > How do you know about "no rewind"? (or is this a reference to not > being able to watch a taped show twice?) That is essentially what they have been talking about. In essence you would be able to record a programme off Free To Air, and then legally you could only watch it once - without rewinding to see bits again. Heres a good summary: http://www.apcstart.com/site/pdockrill/2006/05/67/australian-govt-enacts-bizarre-copyright-law > 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? > This is where the devil is going to be in the detail. We haven't seen the final draft as yet, but IMHO I don't think we are going to get what we are asking for. -- James Purser Ordinary Committee Member Linux Australia
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