Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Australian Copyright Law Updated
Posted by Jason Dunn in "THOUGHT" @ 11:00 AM
"At first I said "Hooray" but now I'm toning it down to a mutter of disgruntlement. The Australian government is finally updating the law so it will now be permissable for Australians to record TV shows with a VCR and to copy music to an iPod or other MP3 player. You see now, that could have landed you a fine or jail time in the Land Down Under. I'm still not sure what all those VCRs were doing for the last 25 or so years. So what's the proposed legislation say? Firstly, ripping CDs to play on an iPod or to store on some other medium is OK as long as the format is changed. Yes, that's right, backing a CD up will be illegal (still) but converting it to MP3, WMA or some other format will be OK. It's all going to be about format shifting. Secondly, if you record a TV show to your VCR or PVR you'll only be allowed to watch that recording once!"
No matter where you go in the world, politicians are all the same it seems: they're in the pocket of the movie & music industry lobbyists. The people who want us to buy a DVD to play on our TV, another copy to play on our portable media players, and heck, maybe a third copy to stream if we're away from home. :roll:
No matter where you go in the world, politicians are all the same it seems: they're in the pocket of the movie & music industry lobbyists. The people who want us to buy a DVD to play on our TV, another copy to play on our portable media players, and heck, maybe a third copy to stream if we're away from home. :roll:
