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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