[Ecommerce] [Fwd: OZ:Teenager charged over website linking]

[Michelle Childs]

The article below is fairly long and impassioned tale of record company
actions against teenagers in Australia.
Teenager charged over website linking
http://go.theregister.com/news/http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/20/aust=
ralian_teenager_charged_over_website_linking/

Its purpose is to highlight that the Australian Government is currently
consulting on whether to introduce fair use provisions in their copyright
Act. As the author says:
SNIP

''Recently the Australian Federal Government announced a review of the
Copyright Act. The Government is considering the introduction of fair use
provisions in the Copyright Act. This case is relevant to that review =96 i=
t
proves that:

(1) The recording industry cannot be trusted to responsibly protect their
intellectual property rights, and

(2) Australian consumers need an effective fair use exemption in order to
protect themselves from unjust prosecution by public authorities.''



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--
Michelle Childs -Head of European Affairs
Consumer Project on Technology in London
24, Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RX,UK.
Tel:+44(0)207 226 6663 ex 252.
Mob:+44(0)790 386 4642. Fax: +44(0)207 354 0607
http://www.cptech.org

Consumer Project on Technology in Washington, DC
PO Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036, USA
Tel.:  1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176

Consumer Project on Technology in Geneva
1 Route des  Morillons, CP 2100, 1211 Geneva 2, Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 791 6727