[LINK] US Senate May Ram Copyright Bill

[Roger Clarke]

"Cyberwlf" <cyberwlf at ami-media.net>:
>"Senate May Ram Copyright Bill  By Michael Grebb
>02:00 AM Nov. 16, 2004 PT

I haven't actually looked at the question as to whether Australia's 
vassal status under the FTA requires us to:
(a)  adopt the copyright-owner-favouring elements of the US legislation
      as they applied at whatever the relevant date is (end of 2004?);  OR
(b)  progressively adapt our copyright legislation each time a change is made
      to US copyright law.

Does anyone have a clear picture of the extent to which we signed 
forward obligations on top of the current ones?

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