IP: Australian government statement on email-forwarding flap (fwd)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> 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
>
>
> 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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