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  From: Brian Astill <brian.astill@flinders.edu.au>
  To  : <linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au>
  Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 11:48:35 +1030

Re: Cracking down on copycats: enforcement of copyright in Australia.

On Wed, 13 Dec 2000, you wrote:
>
 Authorizing a 
> company to enter your home without your consent on the suspicion that
> you're infringing their copyright is a remedy which is vastly out of
> proportion to the size of the threat.

Fair point.
But ...  It isn't just a suspicion they have to have.
> to seize a copy of their work (or other subject matter) that is offered for 
> sale or hire from a place other than a regular or permanent place of
> business."

The person has to "offer for sale" ie advertise in some way.

I agree that there needs to be some safeguard to prevent reckless raiding of a
person's home.

-- 
Regards,
Brian

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Dr Brian Astill  Visiting Research Fellow
Flinders University Institute of International Education
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