[LINK] Optus TV Not Anymore

Brendan brendansweb at optusnet.com.au
Fri Apr 27 13:03:55 AEST 2012


On 04/27/2012 12:36 PM, Richard Chirgwin wrote:
> My take:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/27/optus_tv_now_commentary/
> 
> In short, from my not-a-lawyer reading of the judgment.
> 
> 1. Optus worked so hard to create a great system, that it could not 
> escape the construction that it took part in the recording.
> 
> 2. "[D]ifferent relationships and differing technologies may well yield 
> different conclusions to the “who makes the copy” question." - Par 100. 
> This seems to say "not all such services would be a breach of the Act."
> 

Yes, the obvious question to ask here is: are Australian cloud based services now doomed?

The argument in support of the ARL case has been pretty poor - we need this decision because we'll make a lot of money from it (?!)  What approach is that to policy?





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