Comments on: Government to extend “fair use” copyright http://www.gadgetlounge.net/general/government-to-extend-fair-use-copyright/ Digital Technology for Digital Living. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:18:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Simon http://www.gadgetlounge.net/general/government-to-extend-fair-use-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-496 Simon Tue, 24 May 2005 13:47:47 +0000 /?p=453#comment-496 I think that you should be able to copy a cd that you brought onto another medium for your own personal use. Becouse you brought that cd to listen to if i wanted to buy a licence saying i cant do xyz with it then i would of got a piece of paper. I think that you should be able to copy a cd that you brought onto another medium for your own personal use. Becouse you brought that cd to listen to if i wanted to buy a licence saying i cant do xyz with it then i would of got a piece of paper.

]]> By: Indulis Bernsteins http://www.gadgetlounge.net/general/government-to-extend-fair-use-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-474 Indulis Bernsteins Thu, 12 May 2005 00:32:43 +0000 /?p=453#comment-474 Breaking news- the much hated Broadcast Flag has been struck down in the USA. The Broadcast Flag would have eliminated the ability of consumer to use their "fair use" rights in the USA to record and time-shift TV programs, and would no doubt have followed here in Oz as part of the so-called Free Trade Agreement. Of course, as Australian citizens don't (yet?) have any fair use rights, we'd hardly miss them at all. Breaking news- the much hated Broadcast Flag has been struck down in the USA. The Broadcast Flag would have eliminated the ability of consumer to use their “fair use” rights in the USA to record and time-shift TV programs, and would no doubt have followed here in Oz as part of the so-called Free Trade Agreement.

Of course, as Australian citizens don’t (yet?) have any fair use rights, we’d hardly miss them at all.

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