[LINK] ALRC Issues Paper: Copyright and the Digital Economy

[tomk]

Such a shame that the entire document was written with the apparent 
express purpose of restricting responses to be only from Attorneys or 
persons with legal and tort training,

Whilst the Government insist on forming questions (mostly with multiple 
layered questions within questions) that will not be understand by the 
the majority, they will never receive a meaningful response by those 
persons that need to understand the questions the most...
i.e.: Those persons that are between the ages of 12 and 25 and that have 
not yet received their LLB.

It's a shame that the beuracracy still believes that it can define 
meaningful policy without making the issues understandable by the common 
man.

We hear the word concensus an awful lot from Canberra.

After reading the questions, I came to the unfortunate conclusion that 
it would appear that concensus could only be available on this issue 
from those with a formal legal education and employed within the industry.

Anyone that considers that this document is a reasonable public 
consultation and that the answers will originate from members of the 
public are doubtless smoking butts left lying around by their children...

So does that mean one needs to be zonked to be "in concensus"

TomK


On 20/08/2012 8:28 p.m., David Boxall wrote:
> This Issues Paper is the first formal publication of the Inquiry,
> intended to help frame discussion and encourage public consultation at
> an early stage. It provides background information about copyright in
> the digital environment, highlights the issues so far identified in
> preliminary research and consultations, and outlines the principles that
> will shape the ALRC’s proposals for reform. It asks more than 50
> questions about how the current copyright framework is affecting both
> commercial and creative enterprise and how current exceptions and
> statutory licences are working in the digital environment.
>
> We invite individuals and organisations to make submissions in response
> to the questions contained in the Issues Paper, or to any of the
> background material and analysis.
>
> The closing date for submissions is 16 November 2012.
>
> Available in pdf and ePub format from:
> <http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/copyright-ip42>
>