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------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 14:29:32 -0500 To: politech@politechbot.com From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Australian government statement on email-forwarding flap Send reply to: declan@well.com
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From: "Chalmers, Rachel" <Rachel.Chalmers@the451.com> To: "'declan@well.com'" <declan@well.com> Subject: RE: Forwarding email without permission now illegal in Australia Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 09:38:36 -0800
Declan,
The Australian Attorney-General has already responded to the email-forwarding beatup:
"Contrary to alarmist media reports, sharing e-mail is not banned by law. Amendments to the Copyright Act that came into effect today do not outlaw the practice of forwarding personal e-mails to other people. That would be ridiculous."
<http://www.law.gov.au/aghome/agnews/2001newsag/931_01.htm>http://www. law.gov.au/aghome/agnews/2001newsag/931_01.htm
What he doesn't say is that the Digital Agenda Act contains the same prohibition on copy protection circumvention as the DMCA - and that Australians don't have a free speech defence.
Rachel Chalmers, the451
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