[LINK] New report on proposed copyright bill

[Brendan Scott]

Glen Turner wrote:
> Sandra Henderson referenced:
> <http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/legcon_ctte/copyright06/report/report.pdf>
> 
> 
> School children will be pleased.  Internet proxy caching will
> be permitted "for efficiency purposes" only so all those school
> proxy caches established for access control purposes will
> need to go.
> 
> With the strict liability clauses they'll be able to watch the
> AFP arrest the head of the school :-)
> 
> 
> Really, this is a crap piece of legislation and the Attorney-General's
> Department seems to be unwilling to let the senators save the AGD from
> even their most basic errors.  Para 3.55 is a wonderful example,
> with the AGD demonstrating their complete lack of knowledge about the
> actual use of iTunes and the iPod.  Something is wrong when most teenagers
> know more about the subject than a federal government representative
> to a Senate committee.

I must say, I felt there was too much ideology in the Bill and not enough understanding of reality.  Ultimately this will come back to bite them hard. 

Brendan