[LINK] Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

[Richard]

On 16/11/13 9:34 AM, Jan Whitaker wrote:
> At 08:42 AM 16/11/2013, Richard wrote:
>
>> Ms Hathaway's assertions should not have gone unchallenged, but they did
>> - both in the Oz and on ABC's AM program.
> I heard a follow up to that story on ABC, either AM or local, I think
> local, because Melbourne radio knows more about what is happening in
> Victoria than Sydney based programs.
>
> The current manager of Caribbean Gardens disputed much of what was
> reported about their clients because the data was from 2010 or some
> such earlier period. They have been scouting for problems since
> because of possible liability to CG. Also, he said the disks were
> legal because they came from the US and were manufactured under
> whatever arrangements the distributors had. I don't recall if that
> was claimed in terms of the earlier data or current circumstances.
> The point was, they had imported the disks, sealed in their correct
> containers, not the shonky stuff. So does this mean MPAA is miffed
> about the sale of legitimately produced copies now that are outside
> the particular zone?
>
> Jan
>
>
> Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
> jwhit at janwhitaker.com
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> Sooner or later, I hate to break it to you, you're gonna die, so how
> do you fill in the space between here and there? It's yours. Seize your space.
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Jan - the US content industries are pretty much united against parallel 
importation.

RC