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AU: Hollywood presses for ban on movie software

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Hollywood presses for ban on movie software

By KATE CRAWFORD

The Motion Picture Association of America has demanded that a Sydney Web site stop distributing free software that allows the copying of DVD movies.

A representative from the MPAA also raised the issue last week in a meeting with the Federal Attorney-General, Mr Daryl Williams.

The software is illegal under US law, but not in Australia. However, the Federal Government is considering a wide range of changes to digital copyright protection in Australia.

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A spokeswoman for the Attorney-General confirmed that DeCSS software was "raised as an issue" at a meeting between the MPAA and the Attorney-General last week.

"The Government is taking this issue into account in the context of considering amendments to the Digital Agenda Bill due to be debated during the current sitting," she said.

But the Opposition spokeswoman on information technology, Senator Kate Lundy, expressed concern that the Government was bowing to pressure from the MPAA.

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